A marriage of convenience?

No, they're not getting married in the literal sense. But President Pervez Musharraf and former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto seem to have formalized their power-sharing partnership.

This is probably a good development in terms of gradually transforming Pakistan from a mostly benevolent dictatorship into a democratic good neighbor (no doubt India will always have reservations about Pakistan).

clipped from www.thenews.com.pk ISLAMABAD: Breakthrough has been reported Thursday in the talks for national consensus between government and Pakistan Peoples Party. According to Geo News the National Reconciliation Ordinance being given final touches under which former prime minister Benazir Bhutto and all other important political leaders will be granted amnesty and all political cases registered against them will be withdrawn.