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LONDON - Pakistan's leader, General Pervez Musharraf, has dispatched envoys to London to try to secure agreement over a power-sharing with one of the country's former prime ministers.
One of the general's ministers confirmed yesterday that the Pakistani leader had sent representatives to talk to Benazir Bhutto, who has previously had a face-to-face meeting with Musharraf about a power-sharing deal.
Musharraf's actions suggest he is very concerned that Bhutto will back away from such an arrangement for fear that siding with him will cost her political support.
Her concerns may have been triggered by a decision by Pakistan's Supreme Court last week that opened the way for another former prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, to return to the country. Many of Bhutto's aides are apparently concerned that by seeming to side with the increasingly unpopular Musharraf, she could see her support slide to Sharif.
- Independent
