Unofficial results show Musharraf wins election
Unofficial results showed Pakistan’s General Pervez Musharraf sweeping today’s presidential election, but the Supreme Court could still disqualify the military leader.
Chief Election Commissioner Qazi Muhammad Farooq announced that Musharraf had won 252 of the 257 votes cast in Parliament, with three ballots judged invalid and two votes going to his main rival, retired judge Wajihuddin Ahmad.
Pakistan Television reported unofficial results that Musharraf had also swept the voting in three of Pakistan’s four provinces. Vote counting had yet to start in the fourth province of Sindh.
The Supreme Court ruled yesterday that the official results can only be declared after it rules on petitions lodged by Musharraf’s opponents that his candidacy is unconstitutional.
