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Former Pakistan prime minister Benazir Bhutto, who arrived here on Friday, expressed the hope that democracy would soon be restored in her country.
Speaking to the press during her brief sojourn here, the Pakistan Peoples’ Party leader said she had had a ‘‘fruitful’’ meeting with President Pervez Musharraf recently in Jeddah and discussed matter. ‘‘I am hopeful that the process would be expedited,’’ she said.
Bhutto said the India-Pakistan talks likely to take place during Musharraf’s upcoming visit would be more meaningful if Islamabad was represented by elected leaders.
She said the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus service would promote India-Pakistan relations and added that road links in Punjab, Sindh and Rajasthan should also be restored. Benazir, who later offered prayers at the Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti’s Dargah in Ajmer, said her husband Asif Ali Zardari would meet Musharraf in Islamabad on April 16 to discuss the restoration of democracy.
‘‘I hope I shall be able to return to my country after the return of democracy,’’ she said. ‘‘We are trying our best to find ways to speed up the democratic process in Pakistan.’’
