Zafarullah Khan Jamali was sworn in as Pakistan’s prime minister today, officially ending the nation’s three-year military dictatorship on a promise to return the country to democracy.

HE won big in last month’s elections on an anti-American ticket, has called Osama bin Laden a holy warrior and counts Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar among his friends — and he could be Pakistan's next prime minister.

Pakistan’s hard-line Islamic parties have reached an agreement with a bloc of pro-democracy parties to form a coalition government and choose the next prime minister.