The exiled former Prime Minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto could return to Pakistan from exile but she would have to face corruption charges against her, a local newspaper Daily Times reported on Saturday.
Bhutto would not be deported in the manner of Nawaz Sharif who was deported hours after landing at the Islamabad International Airport on Monday, Daily Times quoted Deputy Information Minister Tariq Azim as saying.
Azim also said at a local TV program that Bhutto was not returning because of any deal or understanding.
The main opposition Pakistan People's Party, of which Bhutto is the chairperson, announced on Friday that Bhutto would return to Pakistan on Oct. 18.
Bhutto was twice elected Prime Minister of Pakistan. She took office for the first time in 1988 and was deposed 20 months later under controversial orders of the then president Ghulam Ishaq Khan, on grounds of alleged corruption.
Benazir was re-elected to power in 1993 but subsequently sacked by the president in 1996 on similar charges. She has been living in exile since 1999.
Source: Xinhua
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