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Arafat's supporters hailed the moves as a historic compromise with their enemy. Certainly the actions represented a victory for Palestinian moderates. Starting with Algeria, more than 30 countries, including Turkey, Yugoslavia and numerous Arab and nonaligned nations, quickly recognized the self-declared state; as many as 130 are expected...
The captured 92 of the parliament's 237 seats, decisively beating the Islamic Democratic Alliance, its nearest competitor and the relic of Zia, who died in a plane crash three months before the vote. The Alliance won only 55 seats. A surge of ethnic support thrust the fledgling Mohajir Qaumi...
At whistle-stops across the country, similar scenes were 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...
Bhutto, as leader of the victorious party, would be the first woman to lead this Islamic nation.
Former Prime Minister Mohammad Khan Junejo, one of Bhutto's main rivals from the Islamic Alliance, conceded defeat late yesterday in his bid for an assembly seat.