ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- Pakistan's parliament elected Yousaf Raza Gilani, a long-time aide to slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, as its new prime minister Monday.
Yousaf Raza Gilani was elected by Pakistan's Parliament as the country's next prime minister.
Gilani received 260 votes, while his opponent from a party backing President Pervez Musharraf received 42 votes.
Gilani, 55, had been expected to sail through because opposition parties that swept the parliamentary elections last month have a two-thirds ruling majority.
Hopefully, this marks the start of Pakistan being a REAL ally in the War on Terror, not a "we're your ally but you can't come after the terrorists we are protecting" kind of ally.

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