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A realist’s roadmap to democracy

Review by Jo Johnson

Published: September 23 2007 19:48 | Last updated: September 23 2007 19:48

Reconciliation: Islam, Democracy and the West
By Benazir Bhutto
Simon & Schuster £17.99

If she had not raised her head out of her armoured car on December 27, Benazir Bhutto would, in all likelihood, be heading today for a third term as prime minister of Pakistan. Instead, it has been her assassination that has dominated the election campaign. Her ghostly image, a pale face shrouded by a white scarf, looks down from billboards; her last speech, recorded that afternoon in Rawalpindi, crackles out of loudspeakers.

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