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Contacts with Musharraf not for power sharing, says Benazir
LONDON: Chairperson of Pakistan Peoples Party and former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has said her party’s contact with President Pervez Musharraf is not for power sharing deal but to ensure free and fair elections.
Asked in an interview with Canadian daily The Globe and Mail, if she had struck a deal with the military leader, Bhutto said: "Not yet, no. There have been contacts and our contacts were over the holding of fair elections and a return to a political system in Pakistan.
About her return to Pakistan, Benazir said that she could return to Pakistan as early as September and her return would not be a result of any deal with Musharraf. Reinstatement of the chief justice has re-established her confidence over judiciary.
Bhutto said that if she would assume the power, she would not tolerate madrissahs harboring terrorism.
Musharraf needs extremists support to remain in power while she is looking for support of masses, she added.
Courtesy Geo