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Musharraf's Popularity Dives Ahead of Election

By Jackie Northam
Published February 12, 2008 at 3:00 AM PST
This story was published more than 18 years ago.

Parliamentary elections will be held next week in Pakistan. Polls indicate President Pervez Musharraf's popularity is at an all-time low. More than 60 percent of the people surveyed don't want his party to be re-elected.

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Jackie Northam
Jackie Northam is NPR's International Affairs Correspondent. She is a veteran journalist who has spent three decades reporting on conflict, geopolitics, and life across the globe - from the mountains of Afghanistan and the desert sands of Saudi Arabia, to the gritty prison camp at Guantanamo Bay and the pristine beauty of the Arctic.

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