Decision on resignations by October 6: Benazir
Says dialogue still in deadlock
By Our Defence Correspondent

LONDON—Chairperson Pakistan People’s Party Benazir Bhutto said that dialogue with President Pervez Musharraf on power sharing has completely been halted and decision on resigning or not resigning from the assemblies would be taken before October 6.
Talking with media during the meeting of the PPP’s working body, she said that the PPP does not support dictatorship and the people of Pakistan now wants a change. She said that President Pervez Musharraf and his team are responsible for deteriorated state of security in the country and he therefore cannot be allowed to rule more.
Benazir Bhutto said that the announcement of withdrawal of the corruption cases against her is disinformation. She further said that the People’s Party is still a part of the opposition but it has no contact with any party.
Talking to media persons before PPP’s Central Executive meeting here on Wednesday, she said despite of only three days into the scheduled Presidential election, there was no sign of agreement with President Musharraf on power sharing deal.
She said it seemed that the current situation did not favour Musharraf due to public demonstrations and submission of resignations by the members of All Parties Democratic Movement. Former prime minister clarified that no case against her has been withdrawn. She accused that the negotiation team representing the government was not serious to make the dialogues fruitful in spite of PPP utmost efforts to have a back through in the talks.
Benazir said the talks between her and Musharraf government have come to a complete standstill at the moment and there was no progress at all in the negotiations. She said that the government did not propose any amnesty for her, terming the news item as baseless that government proposed to declare general amnesty for Benazir Bhutto. “What the government is claiming about amnesty is just lip services and there is no written document on the subject,” she claimed. Pakistan Peoples Party has the right to preserve its judgment, she said. “If our constitutional package was not accepted by Musharraf, we might resign from the assemblies and might launch street movement against the government, she warned.
The exiled former leader also told reporters in London that, with or without a deal, she plans to return to Pakistan later this month after presidential elections on Saturday to “lead the movement for democracy.” But Musharraf refuses to take “tangible steps” toward restoring democracy and defuse a worsening political crisis, she said. “General Musharraf’s political party has undermined the understanding that was being reached, that was very near at the end of last month. —Agencies