There are still a lot of question marks in the aftermath of the Pakistani parliamentary elections. It's still not clear, for instance, which parties will make up the governing coalition or who the Prime Minister will be. But the faultlines are beginning to come into focus, and one thing is already certain: the hot seat that President Pervez Musharraf has been occupying these past few months just got a bit hotter.
Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Co-chairman Asif Zardari and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday separately called for President Pervez Musharraf to quit after his allies were defeated in the general elections.
"Musharraf had said he would quit when the people tell him to. The people have now given their verdict," Nawaz told a news conference in Lahore.
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