Global media have termed the results of Pakistan poll as the vote against President Musharraf, who had long back declared his support to whosoever wins the polls. Musharraf has no party of his own and PMLQ supports him. However, the Western and Pakistan media fail to understand that death of Benazir, as expected, has twisted the poll fate differently that what it could have been otherwise, in the normal circumstances. But the West and opposition always maintained that polls would certainly be rigged by Musharraf regime. Since the opposition parties have won more seats that the otherwise less important Musharraf's supporting party PMLQ, neither the West nor the Pakistan's opposition or their media claim any fraud in the elections. The probable reason being the experience in Indian and USA scenes where even at the last moment the "democratic" results could be changed. If by chance Musharraf's party had won now, in the same way, the opposition would have called the polls totally rigged and fraud. Now they, seemingly shameless people, don't even feel ashamed of raising such an alarm then and don't feel sorry for that now.

On the contrary, the poll verdict is a personal victory for Musharraf for every thing he has done for Pakistan in all domains, including media freedom and new options for electronic media, higher education, etc. He has improved relations with many countries, including India.