PML-N Leader Nawaz Sharif has announced that his party will be leaving the governing coalition completely and will sit in the opposition.  He made this statement in a press conference that is occuring as I write.  The PML-N will also put forward the name of Saeeduzzaman Siddiqui, a judge who retired when Pervez Musharraf took [...]

Roughly two weeks have passed since Pakistan’s elections, but parliament and the provincial assemblies have yet to convene, governing coalitions haven’t been finalized, and Pakistan’s largest party hasn’t chosen its prime ministerial nominee. The sluggish pace of the transition was expected, though if the status quo prevails into the weekend or next week, those [...]

ELECTIONS ON AS SCHEDULED—AS LEAST FOR TODAY
Earlier today, Pervez Musharraf announced that he expects to hold elections in early January and the National Assembly will be dissolved this week, as planned.
Yesterday, Musharraf stated that elections would occur prior to February 15. Last Sunday, Shaukat Aziz warned that elections could be delayed for up to [...]

November 6: Earliest date for Supreme Court ruling on Pervez Musharraf’s re-election eligibility
November 7: Possible date for Nawaz Sharif departure of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia for London
November 8: Benazir Bhutto expected to return to Pakistan from Dubai
November 8: Supreme Court to receive report from Sindh government on Bhutto blasts
November 9: Bhutto to hold rally in Rawalpindi
November [...]