Benazir Bhutto’s political party Pakistan People’s Party said on Monday it may work with Pervez Musharraf after elections next month, despite the leader’s apparent unpopularity and allegations that his government may have played a role in her death.The comments highlight the fluid nature of Pakistani politics ahead of the polls, which the United States and other Western nations hope will usher in a period of stability as the country battles rising attacks by al-Qaeda and Taliban militants.Bhutto’s party and the other main opposition grouping have intensified their calls for Musharraf to resign since Bhutto was assassinated in a gun and suicide bomb attack on December 27.But a spokesman for the PPP said “all options are open” when asked whether it would cooperate with Musharraf.“These are bridges which we will cross when they come,” Farhatullah Babar said, echoing remarks reported in Pakistani media by Bhutto’s husband, Asif Ali Zardari, now the de-facto head of the party.Many analysts predict any cooperation would be short-lived and unstable, given likely opposition by the group’s rank and file. But it would represent a matchup of secular, moderate forces and, as such, could be welcomed by the US and other Western nations.
