Bhutto/Musharraf talks ''stalled''

October 03, 2007

The news came as the Supreme Court in Pakistan considers a last-ditch bid to block the general's re-election. Musharraf, a major U.S. ally and leader of nuclear-armed Pakistan since he took power in a 1999 coup, looks set to win re-election on Saturday in votes by the two-chamber parliament and four provincial assemblies.