'Pakistan appears to be moving towards early election'
Grand nephew of Quaid-e-Azam Mohammed Ali Jinnah, Liaquat Merchant says Pakistan appears to be moving towards early elections.
Pakistan opposition parties took commanding leads in unofficial returns early Tuesday in Parliamentary elections, heading toward a victory that could challenge President Pervez Musharraf's rule eight years after seizing power in a military coup.Monday's balloting was aimed at bolstering democracy and ending a year-long political crisis, but fear and apathy kept millions of voters at home.The government confirmed 24 election-related deaths over the past 36 hours.