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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-18-07 07:40 AM
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Musharraf rules out return of exiled former leaders - Dictatorship will continue
http://www.khaleejtimes.ae/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2007/May/subcontinent_May706.xml§ion=subcontinent

18 May 2007



ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - President Gen. Pervez Musharraf said he would not allow former premiers Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif _ his two main political rivals _ to return to Pakistan to take part in upcoming elections.

The announcement in remarks broadcast Friday seems likely to deepen Pakistan’s political crisis, in which the military leader faces accusations of authoritarianism as well as a growing challenge from Islamic extremists.
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