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The Pakistan Elections: What Next?

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  • Eric Bjornlund
  • Hassan Abbas
  • Hasan-Askari Rizvi
  • Dr. Marvin G. Weinbaum
| February 2008

Asia Program, Woodrow Wison International Center for Scholars, Washington, D.C., 25 February 2008

On February 18, Pakistanis voted in parliamentary elections. The results were a major blow to President Pervez Musharraf and his supporters. Opposition parties, led by the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), and a resurgent Awami National Party (ANP), scored major victories. The prime losers were the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) and Islamists. How can these elections be assessed, and what do they portend for Pakistan’s future and for U.S. policy? These questions were examined at an Asia Program event held one week after the elections.

Read the entire event summary and watch a video of the event here.


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For Academic Citation: Bjornlund, Eric, Hassan Abbas, Hasan-Askari Rizvi, Marvin Weinbaum. “The Pakistan Elections: What Next?.” News, , February 2008.

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