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| Bhutto 'will return to Pakistan' | Bhutto 'will return to Pakistan' |
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| Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has confirmed that she will end more than eight years of self-imposed exile on Thursday. | Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has confirmed that she will end more than eight years of self-imposed exile on Thursday. |
| President Musharraf had asked her to delay the return until the Supreme Court decides on whether he is eligible to be president for another term. | President Musharraf had asked her to delay the return until the Supreme Court decides on whether he is eligible to be president for another term. |
| The two leaders have been in power-sharing talks. | The two leaders have been in power-sharing talks. |
| Gen Musharraf has become increasingly unpopular and is also facing a growing threat from militants. | |
| Pro-Taleban fighters have vowed to assassinate him and Ms Bhutto. | Pro-Taleban fighters have vowed to assassinate him and Ms Bhutto. |
| She left the country to escape court cases involving corruption allegations. | She left the country to escape court cases involving corruption allegations. |
| 'Love democracy' | 'Love democracy' |
| Gen Musharraf easily won a presidential vote on 6 October after opposition deputies in the national and provincial assemblies - which choose the president - either boycotted or abstained from the vote. | Gen Musharraf easily won a presidential vote on 6 October after opposition deputies in the national and provincial assemblies - which choose the president - either boycotted or abstained from the vote. |
| However, the Supreme Court said that he could not be officially declared the winner until it had finished ruling on objections to his candidacy. | However, the Supreme Court said that he could not be officially declared the winner until it had finished ruling on objections to his candidacy. |
| The principal objection was that Gen Musharraf was not entitled to stand as president while still being head of the military. | The principal objection was that Gen Musharraf was not entitled to stand as president while still being head of the military. |
| That led Gen Musharraf to ask Ms Bhutto to delay her return until the uncertainty over the vote had been clarified. | That led Gen Musharraf to ask Ms Bhutto to delay her return until the uncertainty over the vote had been clarified. |
| But Ms Bhutto told journalists in Dubai on Wednesday that she would go ahead with her return on Thursday. | But Ms Bhutto told journalists in Dubai on Wednesday that she would go ahead with her return on Thursday. |
| "At this time tomorrow, we'll be on board the plane to Karachi, which is a day that I and all the people in Pakistan who love democracy and believe in fundamental human rights, have been waiting for," she said. | "At this time tomorrow, we'll be on board the plane to Karachi, which is a day that I and all the people in Pakistan who love democracy and believe in fundamental human rights, have been waiting for," she said. |
| She is planning a high-profile return, hoping that hundreds of thousands of supporters will turn out in Karachi, Pakistan's biggest city. | She is planning a high-profile return, hoping that hundreds of thousands of supporters will turn out in Karachi, Pakistan's biggest city. |