Preparations on for Pak elections

With January 8 parliamentary elections only weeks away, the preparations have begun but only at snail's pace in Karachi. Pakistan is all poised to lift emergency rule on the 15th , but critics say that it might make little difference for an opposition, complaining President Pervez Musharraf can still engineer an election win for his allies. The election is essentially a three-way battle between parties loyal to Musharraf and the parties of two main opposition leaders, Bhutto and Sharif.