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Pakistan Election: Pakistan general elections in early January:
ISLAMABAD (AFP) — Pakistan will hold general elections in early January next year, the prime minister announced Wednesday, in a key step in the nuclear-armed Islamic nation's move to democracy. President Pervez Musharraf said meanwhile that exiled former premier Benazir Bhutto should delay her planned return next week to Pakistan to lead her party in the key elections. "Elections would be held in the first part of January," premier Shaukat Aziz told reporters during a fast-breaking dinner at his residence in the capital. "The national parliament and provincial assemblies will complete their terms on November 15 and elections will be held 60 days after that," Aziz said. Musharraf has been embroiled in months of political crisis and has suffered a severe slump in popularity amid growing pressure for a return to democracy. The general, who seized power in a coup in 1999, had promised to step down as army chief and become a civilian leader after Saturday's controversial poll, which was boycotted by most of the opposition. The key US ally in the "war on terror" swept that election -- held by the national parliament and four provincial assemblies -- in a landslide. But Musharraf cannot claim another five-year term until the Supreme Court rules on the result later this month. A judgement against Musharraf could push him over the brink after the months of turmoil and lead him to declare martial law, jeopardising the January poll. Musharraf said two-time premier Bhutto should delay her return until the court, which starts hearings next Wednesday, hands down its decision. "I would say she should not come before, she should come later," Musharraf told private TV channel ARYONE, without giving reasons. Bhutto is set to arrive in the southern port city of Karachi amid tight security on Thursday. The government has agreed to provide security for her. She sealed an agreement last week with Musharraf that gives her an amnesty on corruption charges that forced her to flee her country in 1999. The agreement is a prelude to a power-sharing pact with Musharraf ahead of the general election, which under the constitution must be held by January 15 at the latest. Aziz insisted that the election would be the next stage of the democratic process in the nation of 160 million people. "With the presidential election held successfully, the first phase of the election process has been completed and now general elections will be held in a transparent and free manner," he said at the dinner. A caretaker government would be in place for the election, he said, the official date of which would be announced later by the Election Commission. Musharraf has come under mounting pressure from his backers in Washington and the international community for a return to democratic rule. He has also been at loggerheads with the Supreme Court since his botched attempt earlier this year to remove the nation's chief justice, a move that triggered mass protests and sent his popularity plummeting. He is battling another front -- a wave of Islamist violence unleashed when government forces stormed the Al-Qaeda-linked Red Mosque in Islamabad in July. The military has engaged in fierce clashes this week with pro-Taliban militants in the troubled tribal zones bordering Afghanistan, that the US says are an Al-Qaeda haven, killing at least 250 people. 10/10/2007 12:36 PM
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