The aides of President Pervez Musharraf and exiled former prime minister Benazir Bhutto achieved some progress in their fresh round of talks in Dubai of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Tuesday, local TV channel DAWN NEWS reported.
Information Minister Muhammad Ali Durrani and Benazir Bhutto's spokesman Farhatullah Babar confirmed that the two sides had made some progress in talks on a power-sharing deal, but not finalized a formal agreement yet.
Arrangements for free and fair elections were discussed and some progress was made, Babar said in a statement.
Meanwhile, Musharraf discussed the issues hindering talks with Bhutto and her People's Party (PPP) with president of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Q (PML-Q) party Chaudhry Shujaat and some other top leaders in the capital on Tuesday. The meeting lasted for more than four hours, according to DAWN NEWS.
There is a chance that Musharraf may travel to Dubai in the next 48 hours, according to sources close to the high-level meeting.
The PPP leader Sherry Rehman said that the balance of power between Presidency and the parliament might be one of the main issues between the two sides.
Musharraf and Bhutto held talks in Abu Dhabi, UAE in July in an apparent effort to strike a power-sharing pact. But the talks later stalled as leaders of the ruling party opposed demands from Bhutto.
Bhutto wanted the withdrawal of corruption cases against her, revival of her bank accounts, and removal of a law which banned a person from becoming prime minister for the third time. She also opposes President's power to dissolve the assemblies, according to local media reports.
Bhutto, who lived in self-exile in London and Dubai since 1998, served the country as prime minister in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Source: Xinhua
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