Bhutto's return has not done much for Pakistan by Corina Ciubotaru

Ever since Benazir Bhutto returned to Pakistan, she has not been out of the public eye for a single day. The suicide bombers threatening her life missed her but killed hundreds of her admirers but this has not stopped her from wanting what is best for her country. Pakistan's former Prime Minister is believed to have wanted to lead a protest against Gen. Pervez Musharraf, in an attempt to convince him to give up military status and return the country to democracy. She stated she would not be Prime Minister under his command but she is willing to negotiate peacefully, while Musharraf imposed emergency rule in the country and ordered she would be kept under house arrest in Lahore. Guards have been placed around the house she was in, including 600 police, to protect her against attackers, and she was only allowed to go pray at the tomb of Pakistan's national poet. Musharraf is still general, the country is still under emergency rule, and the general public still believes his election as President was a fraud. He changed the components of the Supreme Court and promised he would return to democracy, but he showed no clear intentions of doing so. Nevertheless, the general has agreed to free Bhutto from her arrest and provided her with guards for her own safety, while she stated she is now determined not to reopen negotiations with Musharraf. On Friday, a visit from the U.S. deputy secretary of state John Negroponte was scheduled and he will probably also urge Musharraf to end the emergency rule.

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