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| BB, Shahbaz, Fazl reject interim setup | |
| 2007-11-17 | |
| Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairwoman Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shahbaz Sharif and Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) Secretary General Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Friday rejected the interim setup put in place by President General Pervez Musharraf to hold general elections in the country. Benazir categorically rejected the interim government, saying it was merely an extension of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) made up of “traitors to the country”. Addressing her first press conference since being released from house arrest, the former prime minister said caretakers who took oath under the Provisional Constitutional Order deserved no mercy. She said it was difficult to negotiate with President Musharraf again because he had not kept his word in the past. She said the time had come for army commanders to choose between loyalty to their boss and their country. She said transparent elections were impossible under a state of emergency with one person holding absolute power.
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| Posted by:Fred |