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In Pakistan, lawmakers will select the country's next president Saturday. Asif Ali Zardari is the frontrunner to succeed President Pervez Musharraf, who resigned under pressure last month.

Zardari took over the Pakistan Peoples Party after his wife and former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated in December.

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf announced Monday that he is resigning rather than face impeachment. Musharraf dominated Pakistan for years after seizing power in a 1999 military coup.

Pakistani journalist Fasi Zaka says Musharraf's allies had been largely mum on whether they'd support him in fighting impeachment.

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf announced Monday that he is resigning. Earlier, members of Pakistan's ruling coalition had finalized impeachment charges to be launched against Musharraf if he refused to step down.

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Pakistan's leading stocks rise after the news that President Pervez Musharraf is to step down.

Pakistan's currency hits a record low against the dollar on fears that President Pervez Musharraf might resign soon.

Pakistan's President, Pervez Musharraf, faces a new challenge to his authority. Thousands of lawyers and other activists are headed to the capital Islamabad for a rally this week.

They will demand that Musharraf resign and bring back the judges he fired last year.

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Pakistan shares suffer a volatile day of trading after rumours that President Pervez Musharraf had resigned.