Posted on 28/12/07
Legitimacy of election in doubt
RAWALPINDI -- Benazir Bhutto's death has changed everything about Pakistan's politics and the coming election - which now seems almost irrelevant.Pakistan's most popular political leader, she embodied the liberal resistance to extremist threat in the country. Her Pakistan People's Party was the only major secular political force. Without Ms. Bhutto, the party, which has always been led by a member of the Bhutto family, could collapse, leaving no significant, political force to carry the secular ideal in Pakistan, which is under increasing threat from Islamist militants.
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