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'Pakistan drops graft cases against Bhutto'
The Pakistani government has decided to drop corruption cases against former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.
Updated on: Oct 3, 2007, 19:41:19 IST
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The Pakistani government has decided to drop corruption cases against former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, a government minister said on Tuesday.
Self-exiled Bhutto is due to meet party colleagues in London on Wednesday to decide whether her party members will take part in a presidential election on Saturday, where President Pervez Musharraf hopes to win a new term.
"The government has agreed to withdraw corruption cases against Benazir Bhutto," Minister for Railways Sheikh Rashid Ahmed told Reuters.
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