Musharraf told Bhutto cases against her politically motivated
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf had assured Benazir Bhutto that irrespective of the result in the upcoming general election, a "strategic" plan was in place to bring "moderate forces" together, while conceding that corruption cases against he...
By PTI |
LONDON:Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf had assured Benazir Bhutto that irrespective of the result in the upcoming general election, a "strategic" plan was in place to bring "moderate forces" together, while conceding that corruption cases against her were "politically motivated".
"General Musharraf and his emissaries kept assuring me that a strategic decision had been made for the moderate forces to work together irrespective of the election results," Bhutto said in her last book "Benazir Bhutto - Reconciliation, Islam, Democracy & the West", published on Tuesday.
Bhutto also claimed that during their parleys for a power-sharing arrangement, Musharraf "readily acknowledged" that charges brought against her family had been "politically motivated and designed to destroy my reputation".
Describing Pakistan as a "tinderbox", the slain Pakistan People's Party leader said the nation faces the threat of "Talibanisation" and "Balkanisation" with extremists making inroads into every structure of government.
"Since the overthrow of my government, the militants have made many inroads into the very structure of governance of Pakistan through their supporters and sympathisers," she said.
Bhutto was skeptical about Musharraf pledge to hold free and fair polls, scheduled on February 18, even though he had retired as army chief and lifted the emergency.
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"The Pakistan People Party continued to get reports of widespread rigging preparations. These included bulk transfers and postings of the judicial officers who have custody of ballot papers," Bhutto wrote. Download
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