Bhutto set for top post
NZPA-Reuter Islamabad The Pakistani Opposition leader, Benazir Bhutto, aged 35, is poised to consolidate her bid to become the first elected woman leader of a Muslim country when members of Pakistan’s new Parliament meet to take their oaths of office today. Meeting in the modern National Assembly building as Pakistan’s first partybased Parliament for more than 11 years, members elected in general elections on November 16 will also
choose between 33 candidates for 20 seats reserved for women. Political analysts expect this election, on a proportional basis, to confirm Ms Bhutto’s dominance of the 237-seat lower house of Parliament, where her Pakistan People’s Party (P.P.P.) will hold the biggest bloc of seats. The Acting President, Ghulam Ishaq Khan, will nominate a Prime Minister tomorrow. Political pundits all predict that he will name Ms Bhutto, who is 35.
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