WORLD : Bhutto Wins Confidence Vote
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto narrowly survived an opposition no-confidence vote today that could have toppled her government.
The combined opposition mustered 107 votes in the 237-seat National Assembly, 12 short of the 119 it needed for victory against the Muslim world’s only woman prime minister.
The result was greeted with cheers from the ruling Pakistan People’s Party.
“I thank the house for once more reposing confidence in me,” Bhutto said.
The prime minister, who is expecting her second child, earlier robustly defended her government against opposition accusations and challenged her critics to take her to court if they believed her guilty of corruption.
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