Pakistan calls vote to replace Musharraf

Published: Aug. 22, 2008 at 5:42 PM
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Pakistanis celebrating the unofficial primary results for Pakistan's general elections in the streets of Rawalpind, Pakistan on February 18, 2008. Pakistanis went to the polls in parliamentary elections torn by violence and possibly pivotal for U.S. ally President Pervez Musharraf. Polls indicated strong support for the Pakistan People's Party, the party of assassinated former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. Support also was strong for the Pakistan Muslim League-N, led by Nawaz Sharif, also a former prime minister. (UPI Photo/Hossein Fatemi/Fars News Agency)
Pakistanis celebrating the unofficial primary results for Pakistan's general elections in the streets of Rawalpind, Pakistan on February 18, 2008. Pakistanis went to the polls in parliamentary elections torn by violence and possibly pivotal for U.S. ally President Pervez Musharraf. Polls indicated strong support for the Pakistan People's Party, the party of assassinated former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. Support also was strong for the Pakistan Muslim League-N, led by Nawaz Sharif, also a former prime minister. (UPI Photo/Hossein Fatemi/Fars News Agency) | Enlarge Enlarge
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Aug. 22 (UPI) -- The Pakistani election commission announced in Islamabad Friday that lawmakers will vote Sept. 6 to replace resigned President Pervez Musharraf.

The announcement came a day after two suicide attacks outside the country's biggest weapons factory complex. The death toll in those bombings rose to 78 on Friday, said Rao Muhammad Iqbal, the

city police chief of Rawalpindi.

Rao said 103 people were wounded in the deadliest strike by the Taliban in the past 18 months.


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