Miss Bhutto, who said that the party was watching the situation carefully, was the most vehement of the opposition leaders.

Miss Bhutto said the voting was rigged, but an aide declared that "we suffered a very serious organization failure."

Miss Bhutto wants new elections to the assemblies.

Miss Bhutto said she was eager to have children but added that "it's something I wouldn't want to happen before a campaign."

Until recently, Miss Bhutto said she had given no thought to marriage but had yielded to pressure from her mother.

Asked if she ever expected to fall in love, Miss Bhutto became philosophical today.

On this point, Miss Bhutto gave a candid, and at times almost regretful, assessment of the political, religious and social pressures that influenced her decision.

Miss Bhutto responded in a businesslike tone on the subject of whether she might have taken a different approach at an earlier stage in her life.

Miss Bhutto, experts say, is the most popular politician in Pakistan.

This could be a watershed for Miss Bhutto and the modernizing cause she represents in the Islamic world.