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Pakistan/UAE - Musharraf-Benazir Bhutto meeting ends with deadlock over uniform issue
geo.tv ^ | July 27, 2007

Posted on 07/27/2007 5:23:50 PM PDT by HAL9000

ABU DHAHBI: Meeting between President General Pervez Musharraf and former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto which held Friday ended with deadlock over uniform issue, the sources said.

Benazir was offered that an Article in the constitution regarding bar that no political leader could become Prime Minister for three times would be amended in return for PPP support to General Pervez Musharraf in his reelection as president in uniform but Benazir declined to compromise on uniform, the sources added.

It is confirmed that Musharraf-Benazir meeting held here, said a senor analyst of Geo Television Network Dr. Shahid Masood.

However, the government has denied the reports about Musharraf-Benazir meeting.

“ If Musharraf-Benazir meeting has been held it could be the final round of PPP-government talks and it is hoped that this meeting will have long-term positive impact on the politics of Pakistan, said Federal Minister for Railways Sheikh Rashid Ahmed.

Musharraf-Benazir meeting lasted for about lasted for 55 minutes and it was a short a meeting though it was expected that their meeting would last for two to three hours, the sources said.

The ISI chief, some personalities of Arab countries and western diplomats also attended the meeting, the other sources said.

The reports were floating that Musharraf will also hold meeting with former Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif and Chief Minister Punjab Shahabaz Sharif in Saudi Arabia during the second leg of Musharraf’s visit.

However, the PML (N) sources have rejected the reports of Musharraf-Nawaz meeting.



TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: benazir; bhutto; isi; musharraf; pakistan

1 posted on 07/27/2007 5:23:53 PM PDT by HAL9000
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To: HAL9000
Musharraf-Benazir meeting

Wow, Musharraf must be getting concerned about his future!

2 posted on 07/27/2007 5:36:58 PM PDT by operation clinton cleanup
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To: HAL9000

Yeah look like Musfharah think he get thrown out of office

I think he hasn’t done enough on war on terror yeah to point where Bin Laden HELLO


3 posted on 07/27/2007 5:48:23 PM PDT by SevenofNine ("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us, resistence is futile")
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