Bhutto’s assassination leaves Pakistan in a state of turmoil. In the words of the Wall Street Journal, the world’s most unstable nuclear-armed nation is now plunging deeper into crisis. Rioting has been reported across the country. Thousands of Bhutto’s supporters took to the streets last night and torched government institutions, banks and businesses. The army was given orders to shoot protesters on sight. At least ten people died overnight. Pakistan’s political future remains up in the air. General elections are scheduled for January 8, but it remains unclear if the election will be postponed or who will take Bhutto’s place as head of the PPP, the Pakistan Peoples Party. Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif announced yesterday that his party, the Muslim League, would boycott the elections.