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| PPP vows not to cooperate with General Musharraf |
| 2007-01-10 |
| The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) on Tuesday pledged not to cooperate with President General Pervez, as party chief Benazir Bhutto assured her party she would return to Pakistan before the next general elections, a party source privy to the meeting in Dubai told Daily Times. “It was the unanimous opinion of the party leaders that no compromise with General Musharraf is acceptable, but Makhdoom Amin Fahim was of the view that the party could consider cooperating with Musharraf if he sheds his uniform and holds free and fair elections,” the source said. PPP leaders Raja Pervez Ashraf, Sherry Rehman, Mian Raza Rabbani, Naheed Khan, her spouse Safdar Abbasi, and Shah Mehmood Qureshi – who were summoned to the meeting from Pakistan to review the country’s political situation and discuss the elections – believed cooperation with Musharraf would severely damage the party, said the source. The party leaders proposed April 4 for Bhutto’s return to Pakistan, but she left it to the party’s central executive body to decide the date of her return. Bhutto assured her party leaders that she would return before the general elections and asked PPP workers to prepare a grand welcome for her. “She also said her absence in the forthcoming elections could cost the party dearly,” the sources said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Well, thank Allan it's not the People's Party of Pakistan! Them guys are scary... Splitters, but scary. |
| Posted by: mojo 2007-01-10 23:05 |