Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf salutes as he listens to the national anthem during the farewell ceremony at General Headquarters in Rawalpindi, November 27, 2007. Musharraf takes the oath as civilian president of Pakistan on November 29 in Islamabad, after the Pakistani parliament insisted that Musharraf quit the military job. The country still faces challenges with the upcoming parliamentary election in January 2008, especially after the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, Pakistani opposition leader and former Prime Minister, in a suicide attack on December 27.