The US said Thursday parliamentary elections in Pakistan should go forward as planned January 8 despite the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, by telephone, called on Bhutto's successor as party leader, Amin Fahim, to support the election process. State Department Deputy Spokesman Tom Casey said honoring the memory of. Bhutto means not postponing the elections and not re-imposing emergency rule. Bhutto was shot in the neck and chest while leaving a rally as she campaigned for her third stint as Pakistan's prime minister. Her attacker then blew himself up, killing at least 20 others.