Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairwoman Benazir Bhutto said on Thursday that the All Parties Democratic Movement (APDM) had decided to boycott the polls without consulting her, adding that the PPP would run in the polls in protest, Dawn News reported. Also, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman said his party would participate in the polls despite the APDM’s decision, APP reported. Benazir told a British channel that boycotting the polls was certainly an option, but the restoration of judiciary was a separate issue, Dawn News reported. She welcomed President Pervez Musharraf’s promise to lift the emergency rule on December 16, saying, “certainly these are good confidence-building measures, but more needs to be done,” including mechanisms for ensuring that the elections are free and fair, AFP quoted her as saying. Fazl said that it was not the APDM’s jurisdiction to decide about the polls boycott.