Elections planned for early January
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From Times Wire Reports
Pakistan will hold parliamentary elections in early January, the prime minister said, a vote that will test President Pervez Musharraf’s goal of rallying moderates against spreading extremism. Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz did not specify a date.
Musharraf and former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, who have been in power-sharing talks, have both called for moderates to reverse a resurgence of Taliban and Al Qaeda militants along the Afghan border.
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