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Pakistanis Undergo Change of Power

Earlier this week, the people of Pakistan elected a new parliament, with the majority of the seats going to the party of the slain former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.

Economist Zehra Aftab, in Islamabad, and Professor Ali Cheema, from Lahore, discuss the significance of the power shift.

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