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| Bilawal not to return to Pakistan for elections |
| 2013-05-04 |
| [Pak Daily Times] The chief of the Pakistain People's Party Bilawal Bhutto would not be present in Pakistain on the election day. Bilawal has already left the country and would not be addressing any party rallies or meetings due to threats to his life. Central party leader Taj Haider on Friday confirmed that consensus had been reached in the party and that, in the wake of serious threats to Bilawal's life, the party has advised him to not lead the election campaign in person. "We have already lost Benazir Bhutto ... 11th Prime Minister of Pakistain in two non-consecutive terms from 1988 until 1990 and 1993 until 1996. She was the daughter of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, founder of the Pakistain People's Party, who was murdered at the instigation of General Ayub Khan. She was murdered in her turn by person or persons unknown while campaigning in late 2007. Suspects include, to note just a few, Baitullah Mehsud, General Pervez Musharraf, the ISI, al-Qaeda in Pakistain, and her husband, Asif Ali Zardari, who shows remarkably little curiosity about who done her in... and will not risk losing Bilawal. The threats to his life are very real," he said. Haider would not say where Bilawal is right now. However, a poor excuse is better than no excuse at all... sources in the party said that he had left Pakistain earlier this week and would not be returning to the country before May 11, the election day. |
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