Opposition Parties Say Fake Election

An alliance of opposition parties in Pakistan has called on the public to boycott the polls.
The All Party Democratic Movement (APDM) has launched a public campaign to support their cause.
The APDM includes the party of former cricketer Imran Khan and the religious Jamaat-e-Islami party which was earlier part of an Islamic coalition.
They have found common ground in refusing to take part in the elections which are due to be held on 8 January.
Just as bigger opposition parties are starting to hold election rallies, the APDM has launched an anti-election campaign.
In a joint statement, they declared that the very basis for the elections was false.
President Musharraf had been re-elected unconstitutionally, they said - and he should quit.
The elections could only be genuine if the judges who had been removed from the Supreme Court were reinstated, they said.
The parties also said the Election Commission and the interim government should be fully neutral and independent, and that restrictions on the media should be lifted.