Pakistani President dies in plane crash

Title

Pakistani President dies in plane crash

Genre

Press conference

TX Date

18 Aug 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:03:13

Description

Pakistani opposition People’s Party leader Benazhir Bhutto speaks to reporters in Karachi on the death of President General Zia in a suspicious plane crash and elections going ahead as planned in November. Report is from John Alcock.

Contributors

John Alcock; Benazir Bhutto

Keywords

Deaths; Elections; Politics; Pakistan; Presidents; Democracy; Explosions; General Zia; Crashes (aircraft); President Zia; Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq; People’s Party

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