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| Pakistan's power deal 'stalled' | |
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| Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has said that talks on a power-sharing deal with President Pervez Musharraf are "totally stalled". | Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has said that talks on a power-sharing deal with President Pervez Musharraf are "totally stalled". |
| Speaking in London, she said reports that corruption charges against her had been dropped were "disinformation". | |
| Ministers said on Tuesday that an amnesty deal was about to be announced. | Ministers said on Tuesday that an amnesty deal was about to be announced. |
| The self-exiled Ms Bhutto has pledged to return to Pakistan on 18 October. President Musharraf looks certain to be elected for a new term on Saturday. | The self-exiled Ms Bhutto has pledged to return to Pakistan on 18 October. President Musharraf looks certain to be elected for a new term on Saturday. |
| 'Absolutely wrong' | |
| Ms Bhutto made her remarks as she arrived for talks with officials of her Pakistan People's Party in London. | |
| "It's absolutely wrong, the news the corruption charges have been dropped," she said. | |
| Ms Bhutto, who denies the allegations of corruption, has lived abroad during the years that Gen Musharraf has been in power. | |
| She has been one of his sternest critics, but is now a possible future ally as he looks for parliamentary support for a new term in office. | |
| Suggestions from the government that it was near to meeting one of Ms Bhutto's key demands came after she threatened to join a parliamentary boycott being observed by other opposition parties. | |
| The BBC's Barbara Plett in Islamabad said the government's announcement that it was close to finalising an agreement to drop corruption cases against her was perhaps aimed at preventing that. |