Pervez Musharraf has lifted the state of emergency (discussed in this thread) and declared the parliamentary election will go ahead as scheduled on January 8, 2008. However, press censorship remains in place, the judges who opposed Musharraf remain under house arrest, and there is widespread doubt as to whether a free and fair election can be conducted under these circumstances. Who will win? Who will boycott? How will the results be perceived?
According to this report, only 4% of the people intend to vote for Islamist parties. Which leaves a lot of space for other forces, pro- and anti-Musharraf.