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Musharraf holds secret talks with Bhutto
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| Contributor | Guy |
| Last Edited | Guy Jul 28, 2007 12:52pm |
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| News Date | Saturday, July 28, 2007 06:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - President Gen. Pervez Musharraf held secret talks with opposition leader and former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, a government minister said Saturday. Media widely reported that the once-bitter rivals had discussed a power-sharing deal.
The president, who is struggling with twin upsurges in Islamic militancy and calls for democracy, "held a successful meeting" with Bhutto in the Gulf emirate of Abu Dhabi on Friday, Minister for Railways Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said. He would not elaborate, but said "hopefully" Bhutto's secular, socially liberal Pakistan Peoples Party — Pakistan's largest opposition party — would decide to back Musharraf.
Pakistani media reported that Musharraf and Bhutto discussed a possible power-sharing deal for nearly an hour but ended without agreement.
Sher Afgan Khan Niazi, a minister in the coalition government that backs Musharraf, said it appeared the two were trying to strike a deal to secure another term for the general while paving the way for Bhutto to return as prime minister. |
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