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PAKISTAN ELECTIONS APPEAR SET FOR LONG DELAY.(News)
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The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)
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December 31, 2007
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Byline: Associated Press
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Elections in Pakistan appeared set to be delayed by several weeks despite demands by the party of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto and other politicians that they take place as scheduled on Jan. 8, officials said today.
The Election Commission said it had recommended an unspecified delay in the parliamentary polls following unrest triggered by Bhutto's assassination last week. It said its final decision would be made on Tuesday.
Separately, a senior government official predicted the elections would be postponed by "six weeks or so as the environment to hold free and fair elections is not conducive." The ...