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DATE: SUNDAY, November 14, 1993                   TAG: 9311140061
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-7   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN                                LENGTH: Short

PAKISTANIS ELECT BHUTTO'S CANDIDATE

Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's candidate for president won easily Saturday, giving Pakistan its best chance at political stability since martial law ended six years ago.

Farooq Leghari, a 53-year-old landlord, defeated acting President Wasim Sajjad, who was backed by Bhutto's political rival and predecessor, Nawaz Sharif. The votes were cast by the two houses of Parliament - the National Assembly and the Senate - and the four provincial legislatures.

The president, who has the constitutional authority to dismiss the popularly elected national assembly, is more powerful than the prime minister.

But Bhutto wants to reduce the power of the presidency and Leghari has promised to support a constitutional amendment to limit the president's powers.

by CNB