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Benazir Bhutto: Powers
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Bhutto justifies her talking with Musharraf as designed only to give peaceful transfer of a power a chance. For the sake of stability in Pakistan, putting it back on the path of moderation, she urges exploration of any political options for a peaceful transition to democracy. She argues that a peaceful transfer, if Musharraf can be persuaded, could avoid the possibility of a militant takeover.
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In July 2007, some of Bhutto's frozen funds were released.[67] Bhutto continued to face significant charges of corruption. In an 8 August 2007 interview with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Bhutto revealed the meeting focused on her desire to return to Pakistan for the 2008 elections, and of Musharraf retaining the Presidency with Bhutto as Prime Minister. On August 29, 2007, Bhutto announced that Musharraf would step down as chief of the army.[68][69] On 1 September Bhutto vowed to return to Pakistan "very soon", regardless of whether or not she reached a power-sharing deal with Musharraf before then.[70]
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The ending of the corruption cases was intended as a prelude to a power-sharing deal between Bhutto and Musharraf. Bhutto returned to Pakistan before the resolution of a court case to determine whether the charges against her will be dropped. The Supreme Court ruled on Oct. 12 that an Oct. 5 law that ordered the charges abandoned must first be examined by the judges. The case was postponed for three weeks.
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Following the attack, Bhutto, who was convinced that a shadowy cabal of retired army officers and Islamic militant sympathisers was behind the strike, told close associates that the deal with Musharraf was off. Winning power at the elections to be held next month was all the more vital.
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In August 1990 President Ghulam Ishaq Khah, supported by the Pakistan military, dismissed Bhutto from office, claiming that her rule had been corrupt and had abused its power. Her husband was ... arrested on several charges, including kidnapping. In elections soon afterward, Bhutto's party suffered a major defeat. Nawaz Sharif, a conservative (one who prefers to keep things as they are) businessman, was named prime minister. Bhutto vowed to return to office and spent the next few years trying to regain support. She was again elected as prime minister of Pakistan in October 1993.
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The element of uncertainty still remains whether the "powers that be" - the establishment, which includes the armed forces - will be prepared to accommodate Bhutto. Her return to Pakistan has been almost completely choreographed by Britain and the United States. The Musharraf regime often needed to be dragged by the collar to the promised land of political co-habitation with Bhutto. Top officials of the George W Bush [Images] administration, laden with rich experience in making brutal despots in Latin America behave, repeatedly intervened with the Musharraf regime to play ball - at times cajoling, at times threatening, at times blackmailing.
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