Who stands to win or lose in Pakistani vote
Reuters

The assassination of Benazir Bhutto sucked the oxygen out of campaigning in Pakistan for an election on Feb. 18 that is meant to mark a transition to civilian-led democracy. No one has dared speak out as forcefully as Bhutto did against Islamist militancy and need for democracy in a nuclear-armed Muslim state on the front line of a war against al Qaeda. The following are profiles of politicians with most at stake in polls for national and provincial assemblies:

PRESIDENT PERVEZ MUSHARRAF


CHAUDHRY PERVEZ ELAHI


ASIF ALI ZARDARI


MAKHDOOM AMIN FAHEEM


NAWAZ SHARIF

Writing by Simon Cameron-Moore and Zeeshan Haider.

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