'Pakistan drops graft cases against Bhutto'

The Pakistani government has decided to drop corruption cases against former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.

The Pakistani government has decided to drop corruption cases against former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, a government minister said on Tuesday.

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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.