MOSABJA
Junior Member
Pakistanis dealt a crushing defeat to President Pervez Musharraf in parliamentary elections on Monday, in what government and opposition politicians said was a firm rejection of his policies since 2001 and those of his close ally, the United States.
Almost all the leading figures in the Pakistan Muslim League-Q, the party that has governed for the last five years under Mr. Musharraf, lost their seats, including the leader of the party, the former speaker of Parliament and six ministers.
Official results are expected Tuesday, but early returns indicated that the vote would usher in a prime minister from one of the opposition parties, and opened the prospect of a Parliament that would move to undo many of Mr. Musharraf’s policies and that may even try to remove him.
NAWAZ SHARIF's VICTORY
Most surprising was victory of Nawaz Sharif's PML N party.Though the victory of PPPP was predicted.
But in Punjab Nawaz shariff's party has swept the polls .his stance on Judiciary,Lal masjid,Waziristan issue,Dr Abdul Qadeer khan has earned him the votes.Nawaz though not an extreme right wing person but his party has Conservative roots.he tried to implement shariah in 1999 before being toppled by Musharraf.He also carried out Nuclear explosions.
RIGHT WING PARTIES.
The right wing religious parties have also suffered a crushing defeat in NWFP province.The results are attributed to the double play of the religious parties.Many were angry at right wing parties for supporting Musharraf.
Others opposed them due to worsening law and order situation.
The results were interpreted here as a repudiation of Mr. Musharraf as well as the Bush administration, which has staunchly backed him for more than six years as its best bet in the campaign against the Islamic militants in Pakistan. American officials will have little choice now but to seek alternative allies from among the new political forces emerging from the vote.
Politicians and party workers from Mr. Musharraf’s party said the vote was a protest against government policies and the rise in terrorism here, in particular against Mr. Musharraf’s heavy-handed way of dealing with militancy and his use of the army against tribesmen in the border areas, and against militants in a siege at the Red Mosque here in the capital last summer that left more than 100 people dead.
Others said Mr. Musharraf’s dismissal last year of the Supreme Court chief justice, Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, who remains under house arrest, was deeply unpopular with the voters.
Almost all the leading figures in the Pakistan Muslim League-Q, the party that has governed for the last five years under Mr. Musharraf, lost their seats, including the leader of the party, the former speaker of Parliament and six ministers.
Official results are expected Tuesday, but early returns indicated that the vote would usher in a prime minister from one of the opposition parties, and opened the prospect of a Parliament that would move to undo many of Mr. Musharraf’s policies and that may even try to remove him.
NAWAZ SHARIF's VICTORY
Most surprising was victory of Nawaz Sharif's PML N party.Though the victory of PPPP was predicted.
But in Punjab Nawaz shariff's party has swept the polls .his stance on Judiciary,Lal masjid,Waziristan issue,Dr Abdul Qadeer khan has earned him the votes.Nawaz though not an extreme right wing person but his party has Conservative roots.he tried to implement shariah in 1999 before being toppled by Musharraf.He also carried out Nuclear explosions.
RIGHT WING PARTIES.
The right wing religious parties have also suffered a crushing defeat in NWFP province.The results are attributed to the double play of the religious parties.Many were angry at right wing parties for supporting Musharraf.
Others opposed them due to worsening law and order situation.
The results were interpreted here as a repudiation of Mr. Musharraf as well as the Bush administration, which has staunchly backed him for more than six years as its best bet in the campaign against the Islamic militants in Pakistan. American officials will have little choice now but to seek alternative allies from among the new political forces emerging from the vote.
Politicians and party workers from Mr. Musharraf’s party said the vote was a protest against government policies and the rise in terrorism here, in particular against Mr. Musharraf’s heavy-handed way of dealing with militancy and his use of the army against tribesmen in the border areas, and against militants in a siege at the Red Mosque here in the capital last summer that left more than 100 people dead.
Others said Mr. Musharraf’s dismissal last year of the Supreme Court chief justice, Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, who remains under house arrest, was deeply unpopular with the voters.
