Bhutto leaves for Dubai to see family, says won’t support Emergency in Pak

Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto on Wednesday left for Dubai to meet her family, barely two weeks after she returned...

Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto on Wednesday left for Dubai to meet her family, barely two weeks after she returned to Pakistan from eight years of self-imposed exile.

A spokesperson of her Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) said Bhutto had left the port city of Karachi “for Dubai for a few days to meet her family.”

The former Premier left for Dubai a day after telling reporters that she was postponing the visit as she feared that the Pakistan government would impose emergency during her absence.Bhutto has said that she would return to Pakistan on November 8 and address a meeting scheduled to be held in Rawalpindi the next day.

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Bhutto, who survived a suicide attack on her homecoming procession on October 18, was accompanied by her aide Rehman Malik.

On Wednesday, Bhutto said her will oppose any move by the government to impose emergency in the event of the Supreme Court striking down President Pervez Musharraf’s re-election in uniform, former premier Benazir Bhutto said on Wednesday.

Bhutto said her party would not accept any move that impeded the transition to civilian democracy.

“The Supreme Court’s decision is being awaited by the people. We want the Supreme Court’s decision to be accepted irrespective of whether it is liked by any party. People want democracy and progress,” she told a news conference.