Movement to impeach Pervez Musharraf

Today the leaders of Pakistan’s ruling coalition government announced they want to impeach President Pervez Musharraf, and Anchor Katy Clark speaks with the BBC’s Mark Dummett in Islamabad about this latest challenge to Musharraf’s rule.

President Pervez Musharraf’s party was the big loser in Monday’s parliamentary election, and now the two main opposition parties are calling for him to step down, but Musharraf says he has no plans to do so

The mood in Pakistan ahead of Monday’s presidential elections, where surveys show a strong support for the party of assassinated leader Benazir Bhutto as well as widespread disapproval of current president Pervez Musharaff’s government.

Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf is in a tight spot. He’s trying to hold on to power in the face of a growing opposition. And he’s under intense pressure from the international community to lift the state of emergency and ensure free elections in January. Today his government released more than 3000 lawyers and opposition activists. The World’s Matthew Bell reports.