[NYTr] Elections in Pakistan Put Off Six Weeks

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Granma via Agencia Cubana de Noticias (ACN)
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Elections in Pakistan Put Off Six Weeks

Havana, Jan 3 (acn) Pakistan's elections were put off six weeks until 
February 18, due to the unrest that followed the assassination of 
former prime minister and opposition leader Benazir Bhutto on December 
27, announced authorities in the capital Islamabad.

Meanwhile, Granma newspaper reports that President Pervez Musharraf has 
requested help from Britain's Scotland Yard to investigate the killing 
of Bhutto. Musharraf made a call for reconciliation stating that 
"Benazir Bhutto died at the hands of terrorists."

Opposition political parties including the Pakistan Peoples Party of 
Bhutto rejected the postponement of the elections, but announced they 
would participate.

The death of the former prime minister led to three days of nationwide 
unrest, resulting in 58 deaths and tens of millions of US dollars in 
damages. The province of Sind has been the most affected.