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Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has said UK investigators are to assist in the inquiry into the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto. | Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has said UK investigators are to assist in the inquiry into the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto. |
In a televised address, he said UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown had agreed to send a team of detectives from London to help establish what happened. | In a televised address, he said UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown had agreed to send a team of detectives from London to help establish what happened. |
He said "terrorists" were behind the murder, and described Ms Bhutto's death as a "great tragedy" for the nation. | He said "terrorists" were behind the murder, and described Ms Bhutto's death as a "great tragedy" for the nation. |
Elections set for next week in Pakistan have been postponed until 18 February. | Elections set for next week in Pakistan have been postponed until 18 February. |
Mr Musharraf said too much damage had been done to polling stations and voter papers during the violence in the wake of Ms Bhutto's assassination last Thursday. | |
"Election commission offices, their centres, polling stations and their equipment were all damaged and destroyed. Hence the election commission was facing a big difficulty to hold these elections," he said. | |
The main opposition parties say they will take part, despite having demanded the election be held as originally planned on 8 January. | |
They have accused officials of seeking to rig the elections. | |
The vote is seen as a crucial move towards democratic rule under President Musharraf, an important ally in the US-led "war on terror" who stood down as army chief in November. |