The party of assassinated Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was considering various options Wednesday to form a coalition government following its win in crucial parliamentary elections, DPA reported "We are in contact with other like-minded political parties to discuss the formation of a government of national consensus," said Farhatullah Babar, spokesman for Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party (PPP). In a development that undoubtedly shocked embattled President Pervez Musharraf, a key US ally in fighting the Taliban and al-Qaeda, the PPP and other opposition parties cruised to victory in Monday's polls, leaving Musharraf's political survival very much in doubt. Unofficial results from 258 of 272 contested National Assembly seats showed Bhutto's party won 87 seats, followed by fellow opposition leader Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) with 66 seats.
