World IN BRIEF : PAKISTAN : Premier’s Party Sweeps Elections
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s Islamic Democratic Alliance swept the Senate elections, giving him a solid majority in both houses of Pakistan’s Parliament. Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto charged intimidation and vote rigging and vowed to boycott the Senate. Sharif’s party won 23 of 46 contested seats, Bhutto’s won five. The 217-member National Assembly makes laws, but the 87-member Senate can block legislation.
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