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Musharraf May Face Impeachment After Pakistan Vote
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Musharraf May Face Impeachment After Pakistan Vote (Update4)

By Khalid Qayum and Khaleeq Ahmed

Feb. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Pakistani voters decided today whether to empower a new parliament to challenge President Pervez Musharraf's military-backed rule.

His opponents, poised to win a majority, may try to impeach him if they won the required two-thirds of seats. Power sharing is likely if they fell short of that threshold.

``The national mood clearly indicates that political parties opposed to Musharraf will win a clear majority,'' said Hassan Abbas, a Harvard University political scientist. ``Even in moderately fair elections, anti-Musharraf parties will have an upper hand.''

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Impeachment?

Pakistan's two main opposition parties -- the late Benazir Bhutto's Pakistan Peoples Party and former prime minister Mohammad Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League -- both have called for Musharraf to step down. Sharif, 58, has gone further, promising impeachment proceedings. While not ruling that out, Bhutto's party has said it's open to sharing power with Musharraf.

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