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Experts Say Hope Is Diminished In Pakistan

UW history professor and south Asian scholar Robert Frykenberg describes former prime minister Benazir Bhutto’s assassination as a defeat for peace in Pakistan.

“A lot of hope was pinned on her. She was very charismatic person, a great speaker. She probably would have won the election,” Frykenberg says.

That hope was for political stability in the country.

Frykenberg says since it’s inception 60 years ago- Pakistan has been a lawless country.