PAKISTAN: An Evil Genius

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Will the military government proceed with its plan to hold national elections on Oct. 18? "By jingo, yes," declares Zia, "unless the heavens fall." Despite Bhutto's incarceration, his Pakistan People's Party announced last week that it would contest the elections; it called on party members to turn their grief "over the arrest of Party Chairman Bhutto into an enthusiastic campaign." The army still talks as if it expects to go back to the barracks by the end of October. But if the election results are inconclusive, the soldiers may yet decide to delay their departure.