Democratic breakthrough

In a rare display of bipartisan political sagacity, Pakistan’s two major democratic parties, which have
traditionally been at daggers drawn, have made common cause on key democratic and institutional
issues and decided to work together in forming governments at the Centre and in the provinces. This is
bad news for the dictator, retired General Pervez Musharraf, who was clearly banking on the Pakistan
People’s Party and the Pakistan Muslim League(N) going separate, if not opposite, ways. Their farsighted
agreement to “stay together in principle” and amicably discuss and resolve specific issues on
which they might have differences can consolidate the inspiring outcome of the recent elections — and
lay the foundation for genuine parliamentary democracy in a country ….
URL: http://www.hindu.com/2008/02/23/stories/2008022355211000.htm