ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - A court must still rule whether Gen. Pervez Musharraf's landslide win in Saturday's presidential election is valid, but one loser was clear before the voting even began: public faith in Pakistani politics.
Opposition boycotts, legal wrangling and the efforts of former leaders Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif to mount a comeback are the stuff of media debate in Pakistan.
But many ordinary Pakistanis feel that power is the preserve of a corrupt elite, too busy securing their own interests to tackle issues such as rising Islamic militancy and the poverty and inflation that feed it.
"All politicians are the same," said Ali Ahmad, a 28-year-old …
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