Re: Benazir was taken into confidence about Emergency as part of deal
Bhutto’s carefully worded and overtly balanced reaction to the Emergency declaration.
Speaking early Sunday on a US TV channel, Bhutto – whose October 18 homecoming parade was struck in a suicide attack that killed 139 people – said **she agreed with Musharraf about the extent of the threat from extremists. **“There is a real threat of a takeover by radical Islamist elements who have grown in strength and stature in the last five years,” she said.
“So there is a collapse of internal security and unless we can restore the authority of government I am afraid things will get worse.” Bhutto added: "I agree totally with General Musharraf that Pakistan is on the verge of destabilisation. I agree with the diagnosis but I don’t agree the cure.