BBC Online
Benazir Bhutto’s assassination has left Pakistan mournful and unsure about its future.
The opposition leader and former prime minister was killed in a suicide attack as she left an election rally. The elections may now be at risk because of her assassination.
They have been seen by both Pakistani and Western analysts as a way of bringing political stability to the country.
The vote has also been considered vital in deploying popular opinion to sideline Islamist militants sympathetic to al-Qaeda. [Read more]