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Despite a seriously flawed process, Pakistani voters chose a return to democratic rule over dictatorship in February parliamentary polls. Opposition candidates swept to victory over the party of President Pervez Musharraf, leading to the formation of a coalition government led by historic political rivals, the Pakistan Peoples Party of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, who was assassinated seven weeks before the election, and the Pakistan Muslin League-N, led by former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
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Slightly over one year ago, public expectations were high as the Musharraf era came to an end and national elections returned power to democratically elected leaders. The transition to more responsive written government, however, has faltered as political tensions between the two major parties have escalated and extremist violence continues to reach out of the tribal areas into the nation’s heartland.
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