Talks between Bhutto, Musharraf confirmed - The Toronto Star

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Talks between Bhutto, Musharraf confirmed
The Toronto Star
Jul 29, 2007 04:30 AM
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – "President Pervez Musharraf held secret talks with opposition leader and former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, a government minister confirmed yesterday.

Media reported that the once-bitter rivals discussed a power-sharing deal in their meeting Friday.

Such an alliance could strengthen the increasingly embattled Musharraf by bringing the secular, liberal opposition into his government amid growing concern about a rise in Islamic militancy.

Minister for Railways Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said the president and Bhutto "held a successful meeting'' in the Gulf emirate of Abu Dhabi.

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