Pakistan's ruling coalition discusses Musharraf successor

Updated August 19, 2008 20:23:25

The leaders of Pakistan's ruling coalition are meeting in Islamabad to discuss who will succeed Pervez Musharraf. The former president stepped down after nine years in power to avoid a move by the government to impeach him.

Presenter: Emily Bourke
Speaker: Samina Yasmeen, Director of the Centre for Muslim States and Societies at the University of Western Australia; Mushahid Hussein, Secretary-General of Pakistan Muslim League; Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, son of assassinated opposition leader Benazir Bhutto.