Pakistan parliament meets with Musharraf in its sights

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Source: AFP

ISLAMABAD (AFP) - Pakistan's new parliament met for the first time on Monday, with opponents of US-backed President Pervez Musharraf vowing to end his "dictatorship" after trouncing his allies in elections.

Slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto's party will head a hostile coalition government after winning the most seats in the February 18 vote, with the grouping of former premier Nawaz Sharif as its junior partner.

Nine years after he ousted Sharif in a military coup, Musharraf now faces a fight for his political survival as well as public anger over rising Islamist bloodshed and a host of economic problems.

"This is the last day of dictatorship," Bhutto's widower and de facto Pakistan People's Party chief Asif Ali Zardari told reporters after meeting Sharif in the heavily-guarded parliament building.



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