It appears that Musharraf's party has been absolutely crushed in Pakistani elections, here and here, and that there is now growing pressure for him to resign - USATODAY.com.
There are still some seats outstanding, but right now, the Pakistan People's Party ( Benizir Bhutto) has won 87 seats, the Muslim League-N party (Nawaz Sharif) has won 66 seats, and Musharraf's Muslim League-Q won only 38 seats.
There are 272 seats in the Pakistani National Assembly, so they need 137 for a majority, and 181 for the 2/3 vote to remove Musharraf, and t gether the parties have 155 seats right now.
There is a question as to whether the PPP and MLN can work together though, they are like the hatfield and the McCoys.
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