Pakistan election delay likely
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Benazir Bhutto's party was meeting to discuss a successor to the slain Pakistani opposition leader on Sunday, as a senior official of the former ruling party said an election due in little over a week was likely to be delayed.
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Elections in Iraq scheduled to take place by Jan. 31 may be postponed because of continued widespread violence or a coordinated boycott by Sunni Muslims, US and Iraqi officials said.
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Pakistan's electoral officials will decide on Tuesday whether to go ahead with a January poll in a nation plunged into crisis by the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto.
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Pakistan plans to postpone next  week's election after Benazir Bhutto's killing sparked turmoil  in the nuclear-armed country, but officials put off a final  announcement until Wednesday to consult parties.
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan  - Pakistani voters are expected to succeed where President Pervez Musharraf has failed, pushing back the Islamist tide and throwing out of power political clerics governing Pakistan's violent northwest.
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Pakistanâs Election Commission said that the extra time was needed to cope with damage caused by protests.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- With their country in turmoil, Pakistani voters are expected within months to go to the polls for the first parliamentary elections here in five years. But as time runs short, independent observers say that the nation is poorly prepared and that the elections will be highly...
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Lebanon's presidential election has been postponed until the end of next week, a senior political source said on Friday, announcing the 11th delay to a vote first due to have been held more than three months ago.
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MULTAN, Pakistan  - The strength of a sympathy vote for assassinated Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto in the country's biggest province is likely to determine the result of a general election on February 18.
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Pakistan pushed back its general election by 6 weeks to Feb 18 on Wednesday following the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, against the objections of the main opposition parties who fear a delay will work against them.
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The Central Election Commission of Pakistan said a decision on whether to delay parliamentary elections would be made on Wednesday following consultation with political parties.
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Officials said next weekâs elections would probably be delayed, while the opposition politician Nawaz Sharif called for President Pervez Musharraf to resign.
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Former Pakistan premier Benazir Bhutto was Friday to announce the date of her return from self-imposed exile, adding to the political turmoil in the South Asian nation with elections looming.
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Pakistan put off its general election by 6 weeks to February 18 on Wednesday following the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, over the objections of the main opposition parties which fear a delay will work against them.
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It appears "impossible" for Pakistan to hold an election on Jan. 8 because of unrest following the killing of Benazir Bhutto, election officials said Tuesday
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Benazir Bhutto's party appointed her son and her husband to succeed the slain Pakistani opposition leader on Sunday and a senior official of the former ruling party said an election was likely to be delayed.
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Pakistan's general election was postponed on Wednesday by six weeks until mid-February due to the  violence sparked by the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, despite the objection of the two main opposition parties.