Outlook for 2008-09: Political outlook.

The article presents a political outlook for Pakistan for the 2008-2009 period. The coalition government, led by the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) will attempt to strip President Pervez Musharraf of his power to dissolve the parliament. Bilateral relations between Pakistan and the U.S. have deteriorated after several Pakistani soldiers in the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) were killed by a U.S. missile attack.