WASHINGTON, December 31, SPA –The United States expressed concern on Monday about any indefinite postponement of elections in Pakistan after the assassination of Benazir Bhutto and encouraged Islamabad to go ahead with the vote, DPA reported.
“If elections can be held in a safe and secure way, and in a positive way, on Jan. 8, then that’s probably what should happen,” State Department deputy spokesman Tom Casey said.
Pakistani electoral officials will decide on Tuesday whether to go ahead with the Jan. 8 election, but there were expectations it could be delayed by up to two months. The death of Bhutto, an opposition leader and former prime minister, in a suicide attack on Thursday touched off a wave of violence in Pakistan.