Musharraf could be impeached: US intelligence

Stating that former prime minister Nawaz Sharif had 8220;an agenda to impeach President Musharraf8221;, McConnel said that the PPP and PMLN 8220;do not have the votes to do that, but if they had independents join them, they could possibly have the votes8221;.

On being asked the Chairman of Senate Armed Services Committee Carl Levin about the fairness of the polls, he said 8220;all the reporting I saw was they were reasonably 8211; by Pakistani standards, they were reasonable and fair. The numbers of people voting were a little higher than anticipated and a little higher than average for Pakistan. It was over 40 per cent8221;.

Responding to a question that if the polls were a repudiation of Islamic extremism, he said 8220;What I would highlight is those Islamic extremists that had been serving in the assembly were defeated in this election. So at that level, the parties that won are more secular. So there is some level of repudiating extremism8221;.