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...well-connected Nawaz from mounting a challenge to his regime." Disposing of the head of the ancien régime has become something of a tradition in Pakistani politics: General Zia-ul-Haq had Zulfikar Ali Bhutto hanged after taking power in a 1977 coup; Bhutto's daughter, Benazir, didn't have to bother since it was the plane crash that killed General Zia that allowed her to come to power in 1988. Then, Nawaz Sharif put Benazir out of action with a slew of corruption charges against her and her family. And now it's Nawaz's turn...
...week spasm of sectarian violence that left 40 dead. "There should be no elections in Pakistan--there should be a Taliban-like system in Pakistan," said the chief of the Harkatul Mujahideen, a militant group whose training centers were attacked by U.S. cruise missiles last year. Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, twice sacked for alleged corruption, praised the junta for removing Sharif and told TIME she might return from exile in London once army rule is lifted. "I'd like to go back," she said, "but not to add to the commotion...
...which last weekend were awarded to the Italian city of Turin rather than Swiss front-runner Sion. So they?re bargaining with their only chip ?- the secrecy of their banks. In the last few years, the world?s most discreet bankers have blown the whistle on former prime minister Benazir Bhutto of Pakistan and kleptocrat Mobutu Sese Seko of the former Zaire. The Swiss are only too glad to add Milosevic to that distinguished list ?- but considering their credibility these days, it would help if they actually found some of the money...
...BENAZIR BHUTTO Ex-leader of Pakistan gets five years in prison for corruption. She forgot to bribe the judge
SENTENCED. BENAZIR BHUTTO, 46, former Prime Minister of Pakistan; to five years in prison; for corruption; in Islamabad. Bhutto, whose government was dissolved in November 1996, was also fined $8.6 million. She is currently in England and is expected to return to Pakistan to fight the charges...