Islamabad, Jan 1, SPA - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf wasscheduled to address the nation after his government formallyannounces that forthcoming parliamentary elections will be delayed,DPA quoted the Associated Press of Pakistan as saying Tuesday. The Election Commission of Pakistan was scheduled to announceWednesday that the polls, slated for January 8, will be pushed back,likely for at least a month, following the assassination ofopposition leader Benazir Bhutto last week, officials said. Three days of rioting following her slaying in a gun-suicide bombattack in the city of Rawalpindi last Thursday destroyed more than adozen election offices in the southern province of Sindh, herpolitical stronghold. Election officials said it would be "impossible" to hold the pollson time, given the destruction of electoral rolls, ballot papers,polling booths and other materials.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/513755