ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, March 17 (UPI) -- Pakistan's newly elected parliament convened Monday with distinctions already drawn between new lawmakers and embattled President Pervez Musharaff.
The outgoing speaker did not shake hands with the more than 300 new members or greet them as they walked to sign the roll, CNN reported. Opposition lawmakers said they would take their oaths under the constitution "as it was on Nov. 2, 2007," the day before Musharraf declared a state of emergency, suspending constitutional rule.