Musharraf wins presidential vote

BBC

Gen Pervez Musharraf has easily won a vote to be re-elected Pakistan's president, even though it is unclear if his candidacy was legal.

He won all but five of the votes cast in parliament's two houses and swept the ballots in the four provincial assemblies, election officials said.

Opposition MPs abstained or boycotted the vote, calling it unconstitutional.

The Supreme Court says no winner can be declared until it decides whether Gen Musharraf can stand while army chief......