European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 26, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 a a a the stars and stripes Friday october 26,1990 a a disappointed Binazir Bhutto discusses her defeat at her Home in la Kana in Southern sind province. Rightist Pakistan Alliance wins landslide Victory Over Bhutto Islamabad Pakistan apr a right Wing coalition has scored a landslide Victory Over former prime minister Binazir Bhutto Likely setting pakistanis struggling democracy on a More conservative islamic course. Bhutto who claims her August dismissal was a a constitutional coup a refused to concede the defeat of her Center left Pakistan Peoples party in wednesdays parliamentary election. She said she was a angry and shocked by what she called Large scale vote rigging by the army backed caretaker government. Opponents called the 37-year-old Bhutto a a sore loser and said the More than 2-to-l Victory margin by the Loose knit islamic democratic Alliance surpassed even their expectations. In the final vote count almost 24 hours after polls closed Bhutto a Pakistan Peoples party won Only 45 of the 216 parliamentary races to 105 for her opponents. The policy making lower House of parliament elects the prime minister. The rest of the seats went to smaller ethnic and religious parties and independents. A the people have Given their mandate their verdict. Is. Bhutto should accept the results and prove to the world that she a a Democrat a caretaker prime minister Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi said thursday. An International group of 40 poll watchers refused immediate comment on the alleged vote fraud but a number of observers were suspicious of some constituencies that had a Low turnout but a final vote count showing that tens of thousands cast ballots. The groups assessment could affect hundreds of Mil Lions of dollars in vital Aid from the United states and other Western countries which warned that they might Cut off funds if the election was rigged. The winning right Wing Alliance a United Only in its contempt for Bhutto a espouses adherence to islam and could restrict the rights of the Media women and non moslem. It also favors a closer relationship with the islamic world and More distance from the West. A since the polling agents were not present and ballot boxes were stolen i cannot accept these results a Bhutto said wednesday. She predicted that a a switch Hunt against her family and supporters would follow. The caretaker government has already charged Bhutto with abuse of Power and has jailed her husband Asif Ali Sardari on charges of kidnapping and extortion. She said the charges Are baseless and aimed at destroying her politically. Bhutto her husband and her Mother Nusrat All won parliamentary seats. The election was widely seen As a verdict on the aug. 6 dismissal of Bhutto a popularly elected government by president Ghulam Ishaq Khan who claimed hers was the most corrupt and inept government in pakistanis 43 years. Most analysts and opinion polls had predicted a close race but voter turnout was Low contrasting with the emotionally charged atmosphere that heralded the return to democracy with Bhutto selection in november 1988 after a decade of military Rule. Despite heavy Security at least nine people were killed and 66 injured in clashes during wednesdays voting. World today expedition starts retracing Marco Polo s Ocean route Venice Italy apr an International expedition set sail tuesday to commemorate the ancient travels of the 13th-Century venetian explorer Marco Polo. Seventy scholars were aboard the private yacht of the Sultan of Oman As it left Venice a grand canal on a voyage retracing the maritime route from Venice to Osaka Japan. The 51-Day expedition will Stop at 29 ports in 17 countries. The project is sponsored by the . Educational scientific and cultural organization and is part of a 10-year study entitled a study of the silk roads roads of during a ceremony at the Ducal Palace the director general of Enesco Federico mayor said the project was of a both scientific and cultural significance with the International goal of increased dialogue among different cultures and police seize 2,932 pounds of hashish Rabat Morocco apr police have seized 2,932 pounds of hashish among a shipment of vegetables destined for the Netherlands the newspaper Al Alam reported wednesday. The drugs apparently picked in Casablanca were found hidden in a refrigerated truck with belgian License plates at the Northern port of Tangier the newspaper said. The belgian Driver Noel Leon Van Standal was arrested on drug trafficking charges. He told police the shipment was arranged by dutch gangsters and a moroccan intermediary the newspaper said. Police have seized More than seven tons of hashish in Tangier since july the newspaper of famous hotel in Vienna commits suicide Vienna Austria apr Peter Girtler owner of Vienna a hotel Sacher and sex husband of former . Ambassador Helene von Damm committed suicide wednesday at age 44. Police said he shot himself in his Hunting Lodge in Pernitz 30 Miles from Vienna. Von Damm was Griir Tler a second wife. They were divorced less than two years after they married while she was ambassador in 1985. She resigned a few months later citing the appearance of a conflict of interest. Girtler who remarried owned two top class Vienna hotels including the hotel Sacher famous for the chocolate Sacher Warsaw pact nations postpone Summit Budapest Hungary not a with its future in doubt and its membership divided Over the last Issue it May face As a military Alliance the Warsaw pact has agreed to postpone indefinitely a meeting of its top leaders. The meeting had been scheduled to be held in Budapest Early next month. The soviet Union asked for a delay in the Warsaw pact Summit meeting until after the Heads of governments involved in the conference on Security and cooperation in Europe meet in Paris on nov. 19, where the Issue of future european Security arrangements will be addressed a spokesman for the hungarian foreign ministry said thursday. The postponement of a meeting that had been officially announced a week ago Only underscores the fragility of the Warsaw pact and the sensitivity of the soviet Union to the growing restlessness of its partners. Diplomats interpreted the decision to delay the meeting As a sign that the soviet Union for diplomatic and internal political reasons is not ready to face the demands of its onetime allies for a Complete makeover of the Warsaw pact. While the soviet Union has said it wants to turn the Alliance into a predominantly political grouping it has not clearly stated How it sees its new role. The break in the pacts ranks which became inevitable once the countries of Eastern Europe set themselves free from the soviet orbit is now a critical Factor in the final round of negotiations for a conventional arms treaty now under negotiation in Vienna Austria and expected to be signed in Paris on nov. 19. Before the treaty is signed nato and the Warsaw pact Are supposed to agree on a formula distributing the cuts to be made in the level of arms to be held by individual countries within each Alliance. While the nato countries have agreed on a formula the members of the Warsaw pact Are still arguing Over theirs a in particular Over How big a share of the remaining tanks and artillery left in Eastern Europe should belong to the soviet Union. Four times in the last two months negotiators from the Warsaw pact have met to discuss the distribution formula without reaching a final agreement. A fifth meeting is scheduled this weekend in Prague Czechoslovakia where according to Eastern european diplomats the main issues will be How to Divide among the Warsaw pact members the 20,000 tanks and the 20,000 artillery systems allotted. The diplomats said the soviet Union is now asking for 13,300 of the 20,000 tanks while the other members of the Warsaw pact Are pressing for a further reduction of the soviet share to 13,000. Similar debates Are under Way Over artillery systems. In the debates the diplomats said the soviet Union has stood virtually alone isolated among former allies which a few years ago it controlled completely. Despite the complications some Eastern european diplomats this week said they expected a Resolution to those questions before the nov. 19 deadline
