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| Rashid, Wasi voice conditional support for 'deal' |
| 2007-08-03 |
| Two Pakistan Muslim League (PML) ministers have conveyed to President General Pervez Musharraf that they had no objection to him entering a deal with former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, provided she votes to re-elect him in uniform. However, they ruled out any electoral alliance with the Pakistan PeopleÂ’s Party. Sources told Daily Times that Railways Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, Law Minister Wasi Zafar and other cabinet members and PML leaders who met the president on Thursday agreed that if the PPP chief votes for MusharrafÂ’s re-election in uniform from the current assemblies, all cases against her and her husband Asif Ali Zardari should be withdrawn. However, if she does not agree to support his re-election, she should be dealt with at par with her fellow former prime minister in exile, Nawaz Sharif, with regards to their return to the country, the sources quoted PML leaders as saying during the meeting. They said if Benazir is allowed to return, so should Nawaz. The president told the PML leaders that he would make a decision on his position as army chief after his re-election, the sources said. |
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