Benazir rules out any compromise with government

29 Nov, 2005

Former prime minister and chairperson of the PPP Benazir Bhutto has ruled out any compromise with the government on the issue of her return to the country and taking part in the next elections.
"Let there be no doubt or mistake that I will return to the country before the next elections and take part in them as well come hail or storm", she said while addressing the joint meeting of the central executive committee and federal council of the party in London on Sunday, a PPP statement said on Monday.
The meeting, which started at 10:00 in the morning, continued till midnight and was attended by over 50 senior leaders of the party.
Besides discussing Bhutto's return to the country the meeting discussed threadbare the political situation in the country, the disturbing change in the civil military equation, the plight of the quake affected people, increasing poverty, the manipulation in oil prices, the witch hunting of political opponents and the abnormal increase in non-development expenditure. It also adopted a number of resolutions.

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