santosh tiwari

New Delhi, July 17: Voicing "deep pain" over Mumbai train blasts, former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has said the activities of terrorist groups like Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) endangered the very existence of her country.

She said she will "close down" operations of LeT and other terrorist groups from Pakistani soil if re-elected to the post and given the powers to act.

"I believe such groups are undermining Pakistan's integrity..., giving Pakistan a bad name... And endangering Pakistan's very existence," she said in an interview.

When pointed out that India believed that LeT, which is backed by Pakistan's ISI, could be involved in the Mumbai blasts, Bhutto said "certainly LeT is a militant group... If let is behind these blasts, then it shows (President Pervez) Musharraf has failed despite seven years in power in undermining the group that wreaked havoc".

At the same time, she expressed doubts over any Pakistani involvement in the Mumbai explosions saying "no connection has been made with Pakistan and there may be none".

Observing that she was "deeply pained, as do many people in Pakistan, over the tragic events that took place in Mumbai," the Pakistan People's Party leader said if re-elected and given the power, she would "close down" militant camps if they were operating from her country.

"They will be closed down if the constitution gives me the chief executive's powers. At the moment, the Prime Minister does not have the power of the chief executive. They lie with the President", Bhutto said, adding she would prefer to be the Prime Minister with the chief executive's powers.

Asked if she would control anti-India tirade of Pakistan-based terrorist leaders like Masood Azhar or detain them, Bhutto said "yes. First control them and if they do not not behave detain them".

Replying to a question, she said, "During my tenure (as the Prime Minister), there were no attacks outside Kashmir".

On Indo-Pak relations, the PPP leader, who is living abroad in self-exile, said she believed relations with India could not be "kept hostage" to the Kashmir dispute.

"I do believe in freedom and the right of self- determination. I believe that the people of Kashmir must decide their own future.

"However, at the same time, I believe that relations with India cannot be kept hostage to the Kashmir problem," she said, adding the issue should be settled in accordance with the UN resolutions and the Shimla accord.

"India and China have a conflict but Indian and Chinese relations still remain good. So, we have got to agree that we have a dispute in Kashmir, but we must not allow it to hamper Indo-Pak relations," she said.

She claimed Musharraf's proposal to do away with the UN resolutions did not have any widespread backing in her country.

"It is essential to proceed on trade. The world is being divided into economic trading blocks and the people of the sub-continent only have a better future if we can work together," she said.

Asked if India should be given Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status by Pakistan in trade, Bhutto said during the 1988 SAARC summit, she had proposed to all member-country leaders, including Rajiv Gandhi, that there should be a South Asian Preferential Tariff Agreement.

"In my second term (as the Prime Minister), I ratified it because I felt SAARC should be more than a cultural association".

On the 1999 Kargil conflict, Bhutto said she, along with former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, had drawn up a 'charter for democracy' which includes setting up of a commission to probe the role of Musharraf and all others "responsible for the miscalculation".

Bhutto and Sharif are part of the movement for restoration of democracy in Pakistan.

She said she also accepted Sharif's statement that "he did not know about the Kargil affair".

On the issue of her return to Pakistan, Bhutto said she had "the courage to repeat history."

"I plan to go back to Pakistan for the election campaign of 2007," she claimed.

Asked if she was ready to go to jail, she said, "What is jail? I have been in jail for nearly six years."

She also said she trusted her new ally and former Premier Sharif. "Of course, i trust his commitment to a common future" for Pakistan, Bhutto said.
http://www.zeenews.com/znnew/article...309547&sid=SAS

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Just another highlight

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Neo

Thanks!

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lemontree

BB is preparing her electoral agenda?

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Cheers!...on the rocks!!

santosh tiwari

sir if this is a agenda, this may be a very good start for Pakistan. no matter where people are murdered, if she says she will remove these elements from pakistan, even her agenda can creat friendly enviornment and a good understanding between people of india and pakistan. this way the Trust Deficit created between these two nations because of this blast can be reduced for next social year.

Karthik

I wonder how one can contradict herself within the span of two statements!

Most amusing indeed. Yin and Yang at the same time?

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Neo

Don't be naive Santosh Ji,

When she was president, did she handover Dawood to India?
This is just PR, Public Rubbish!

SLASH

Dawood was in Dubai at that time .PR non the less.

Ray

An interesting woman, this Bibi Benazir.

Woman speaks with forked tongue, but she is a good looker!

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SLASH

Who would win the beauty paegant her or Mrs.Gandhi ?

Neo

You can have her anytime you want Sir!

raj

wasnt this the same biatch under whose rule they started killing hindus in kashmir valley. you can find her speeches inciting muslims on google videos.
biatch trying to gain sympathy from world using the death of mumbai citizens.

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raj

i went to one of her speeches in USA in one of the univs, i could smell the scent she was wearing from 100 feet
P.S: she dint have the guts to take on QA session after the speech

Ray

Looks-wise, Bibi Benazir wins hands down!

santosh tiwari

Neo i didnt mean that she may make any change. no. but i think even if she says she will remove these elements from pakistan, atleast people of india may know what is thinking of pakistani people. if she even think she may get some votes because of this agenda, even her belief can make some changes.

now to you Neo. i know how much celebration pakistani news papers made when daughter of Dawood was getting married. What was “Achievement” of Dawood in his life????? it was something like daughter of rajiv gandhi is getting married. you have to make difference between "PUBLIC RUBISH" and "AGENDA". otherwise when indian army will unnecessary kill innocent pakistani people and someone will say this is wrong, some people like you of india will also say this is Public Rubbish. and if you wanna how world will think? just see how Israel is dropping bombs on Lebanon, and people of rest of world say they are killing terrorists? no US or any G8 countries are opposing them. when Israelis will have made proper damage their, rest of world will come to stop Israel, not before. u gotto try to change mentality of pakistani people and support people like BB who atleast say they will remove terrorist mentality people from pakistan.

now i ask you something, just to you. i dont know the name of the shop where i may buy AK47. how terrorist get them? who gives them? these types of arm cant be bought from a shop or even a organization cant run this type of factory. or can it be? whome you fooling. now i tell u something, im a 5'11" height man, do regular exercise, run 2-3 km every day but if u put even 1kg weight of pistol on my hand, can i hold it properly? while terrorists of kashmir even fight with 200,000 indian soldier in kashmir with AK47. who give them training. not only training, but also a tough selection process would be done to select only quality terrorists.

nothing is hidden. everyone knows the source of these terrorist. who are behind them and how they work. people are just waiting for right time. and if you dont make difference between Public Rubbish and Public Agenda, you will see “Time Out” of Pakistan.

india is a type of country, who prefer not to solve the problem and made the disease spread in the whole world. if you think india will really fight with pakistan with air crafts and N bombs, u fooling urself. India will not give any chance to pakistan to die like a soldier. if pakistan will not change her mentality, pakistan will get death like a dog of many diseases. first india will make her nude. then india will make pakistan feel that she deserve for a Dog Death. and then india will give a final touch and that time no father of the world will help pakistan.