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Bhutto Banned From Leaving Pakistan

Ex-PM reports new death threat, will avoid public campaign rallies

By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 23, 2007 4:15 PM CDT
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(Newser) – Benazir Bhutto has been banned from leaving Pakistan, a spokesman from her political party told the BBC today. One analyst sees the move as an attempt by the Musharraf regime to gain the upper hand in power-sharing talks. Bhutto's family did not return to Pakistan with her, so she would be unable to see them.

Bhutto also reported a new death threat against her and outlined a campaign strategy for the upcoming parliamentary elections that will avoid mass gatherings in big cities. "We will not be holding public rallies," she said. Police continue to investigate last week's bombing, which killed nearly 140 people, upon Bhutto's return to the country from self-imposed exile.

In this picture released by Pakistan's Press Information Department President Gen. Pervez Musharraf addresses a ceremony in Gilgit, a Himalayan town about 250 kilometers (155 miles) northeast of Islamabad, Pakistan on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2007. Venomous exchanges have erupted between Benazir Bhutto and the ruling party, with each accusing the...
In this picture released by Pakistan's Press Information Department President Gen. Pervez Musharraf addresses a ceremony in Gilgit, a Himalayan town about 250 kilometers (155 miles) northeast of Islamabad,...   (Associated Press)
Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto addresses the media at her residence in Karachi, Pakistan on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2007. Bhutto said that she had received a new death threat but will start campaigning in Pakistani cities in the next couple days, avoiding mass rallies, five days after the suicide bombing...
Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto addresses the media at her residence in Karachi, Pakistan on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2007. Bhutto said that she had received a new death threat but will start campaigning...   (Associated Press)
Pakistan's former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, left, meets opposition leader and anti-U.S. and pro-Taliban cleric Ghafoor Haidari at her residence in Karachi, Pakistan on Tuesday, Oct 23, 2007. Bhutto on Tuesday received a new death threat, her lawyer said, as a top official revealed there were apparently two suicide...
Pakistan's former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, left, meets opposition leader and anti-U.S. and pro-Taliban cleric Ghafoor Haidari at her residence in Karachi, Pakistan on Tuesday, Oct 23, 2007. Bhutto...   (Associated Press)
Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto addresses the media at her residence in Karachi, Pakistan on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2007. Bhutto said that she had received a new death threat but will start campaigning in Pakistani cities in the next couple days, avoiding mass rallies, five after days the suicide bombing...
Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto addresses the media at her residence in Karachi, Pakistan on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2007. Bhutto said that she had received a new death threat but will start campaigning...   (Associated Press)
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