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Flashy Lawmakers Take Seats in Pakistan

Wednesday, March 19, 2008 1:34:55 PM
By LAUREN FRAYER

Newly elected speaker of the National Assembly Fahmida Mirza sits in the Parliament on Wednesday, March. 19, 2008.  Fehmida Mirza, a medical doctor, is the first woman elected as National Assembly speaker in Pakistan's 60-year history. (AP Photo)ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Gold-trimmed SUVs idle outside parliament. Among new female lawmakers, black Muslim veils are out and Gucci bags are in.

Civilian rule has returned to Pakistan, and its politicians have come back with bling.

Last month's elections ushered into parliament a new crop of business leaders and wealthy elites opposed to U.S.-backed President Pervez Musharraf's one-man rule.


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