Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf sasy he has requested a team of investigators from to assist in the investigation into the killing of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto. "We decided to request a team from Scotland Yard from the United Kingdom to come. I am grateful to Prime Minister Gordon Brown, that I made the request and he accepted it. And by the grace of God, this team will soon arrive in Pakistan and assist our teams in our investigation." Speaking in a nationally televised address, Musharraf said Bhutto had been "martyred at the hands of terrorists". The government has blamed al-Qaida-linked militants for Bhutto's death. Opposition officials have rejected the government's version of events surrounding Bhutto's killing in a suicide attack after a rally last Thursday and demanded an international investigation. Minutes after Musharraf's speech, Bhutto's widowed husband, Asif Ali Zardari, called for a United Nations commission to be established to investigate her killing, a demand the government has already rejected. Following Bhutto's death, rioters rampaged through the streets for days, burning cars and shops.
The election commission decided on Wednesday to postpone the election, originally scheduled for Jan. 8, to Feb. 18 due to the violence. Opponents condemned the postponement but said they would still contest the vote seen as a key step in Pakistan's transition to democracy after years of military rule. A total of over 7,000 candidates will contest the elections for some 340 seats in the National Assembly and nearly 730 seats in other four provincial assemblies. | 
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