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...played out last week as candidates for the Nov. 16 national elections revved campaign machinery into high gear. While Bhutto and her mother, Begum Nusrat Bhutto, crisscrossed the country, their opponents in the powerful Islamic Democratic Alliance, a nine-party coalition that controls the national caretaker government under President Ghulam Ishaq Khan, called out impressive processions of supporters in major cities. For the first time since 1977, Pakistan was immersed in a national campaign with the participation of all political parties...
...chairman of the Alliance, Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi, lost in both districts he contested to Pakistan People's Party candidates...
...succeeded by Ghulam Ishaq Khan, 73, who as chairman of the Senate was next in line to the presidency. Regarded widely as a transitional figure, Ishaq Khan declared a state of emergency and appointed an emergency council that the military is expected to dominate. He heartened Pakistan's democratic opposition, however, by announcing that elections would take place in November as planned...
...head of Pakistan's caretaker government, Ghulam Ishaq Khan, said he could not rule out sabotage but was awaiting for a probe to be completed...
Pausing at the wreckage of an An-26, General Ghulam Farouq, Khost's Afghan military commander, pointed out that the "passenger plane" was downed three months ago by a U.S.-made Stinger ground-to-air missile. Though the twisted, charred remains retained a coat of green-gray camouflage paint and prominent military markings, the official line was that the craft was a civilian flight ferrying women and children to Kabul for medical treatment. In all, Afghan officials said, 36 civilians died in the attack. The rebels claim the flight carried military personnel and supplies...