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Elections must proceed as scheduled: Zardari, Nawaz
The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) want the election to go ahead as scheduled, PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari and PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif said in a joint statement on Tuesday, according to Reuters. It is up to the people of Pakistan to choose their future, and the time is now, the statement read. The January 8 elections must proceed as scheduled. This will not only be a tribute to the memory of Benazir, but even more important, a reaffirmation of the cause of democracy for which she died, they said. Zardari said a delay would serve no purpose. Delaying polls is just an excuse for the caretaker regime to buy time to invent other means to send the PML-Q back to power. We will not accept that, party spokeswoman Sherry Rehman said in the statement.Posted by: Fred 2008-01-02 |
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