| Whether Perv wants me to or not!! |
Former Pakistan leader Benazir Bhutto vowed yesterday to return from exile after admitting that power-sharing talks with President Pervez Musharraf had stalled, writes Tracy McVeigh.
Bhutto had been in talks to become Prime Minister again, with the beleaguered Musharraf quitting as army chief but seeking a new term as President. At a news conference in London, Bhutto admitted that no agreement had been reached following opposition from members of the ruling regime who have rejected working with her Pakistan People's Party.
'I will be going back to Pakistan very soon, but the date is going to be announced from the soil of Pakistan,' Bhutto declared. She has yet to win a public commitment from Musharraf that he step down as army chief and give up the power to dismiss the government and parliament.
Musharraf has suffered a number of legal setbacks, including a ruling that former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif can return. At present prime ministers cannot serve more than two terms, disqualifying both him and Bhutto. Bhutto said Sharif had embarked on a 'personal vendetta' against the man who toppled him in 1999.
| A personal vendetta, in PAKISTAN? I'm shocked.... |