In Pakistan, can Bhutto distance herself from Musharraf?(WORLD)(Benazir Bhutto and Pervez Musharraf)

From: The Christian Science Monitor | Date: November 19, 2007| Author: | Copyright information

Byline: Shahan Mufti Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor

Islamabad, Pakistan -- Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's long political balancing act between President Pervez Musharraf and his political opposition seems to have finally come to an end, observers here say, despite Washington's continuing effort to resuscitate a deal between the two leaders.

But even as Ms. Bhutto appears to throw herself into convening a unified opposition movement against President Musharraf, her prolonged negotiations to reach a powersharing agreement with him have ...

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