Breakthrough in stalled Bhutto-Musharraf talks
Islamabad,
Oct
4:
A
day
after
former
Prime
Minister
Benazir
Bhutto
said
that
negotiations
on
the
power-sharing
agreement
with
President
Pervez
Musharraf
have
been
stalled,
media
reports
today
indicated
that
a
crucial
breakthrough
has
been
achieved.
A
national
consensus
between
the
government
and
Pakistan
People's
Party
(PPP),
which
is
headed
by
Bhutto,
has
been
achieved
as
final
touches
are
being
given
to
the
National
Reconciliation
Ordinance,
which
is
expected
to
be
promulgated
by
the
government.
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All other important political leaders, apart from Bhutto, will be granted amnesty and political cases registered against them will be withdrawn, The News reported.
The ordinance will quash all corruption cases registered against politicians and other important persons between the period of 1988 and 1999, sources said.
However, the contentious Article 58-2-B of the Constitution has been left untouched that deals with special powers bestowed on President, including power to dismiss Prime Minister and the Cabinet.
To resolve other issues, the talks between the two sides would continue after the October 6 presidential election, the daily quoted sources as saying.
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