KARACHI, March 2: The Pakistan People’s Party central information secretary, Sherry Rehman, has said party chairperson Benazir Bhutto needs no NOC nor any green signal and she would return home as per her programme when the election schedule will be announced.

According to a press release issued on Friday, she said no power on earth could stop Ms Bhutto from leading the people of Pakistan. Commenting on the press conference of Chief Minister Arbab Rahim, she said the announcement of Ms Bhutto’s return sent shock waves down the spinner of the regime.

Ms Rehman said Arbab Rahim should not be so bothered about the All Parties Conference and unity among opposition parties on the agenda of restoration of democracy and holding of free, fair and transparent elections. She said the chief minister and his colleagues should start worrying about contesting elections instead of making undue comments on a leader of international stature such as Ms Bhutto, because she was way above his league.

She said General Musharraf’s function at Larkana seemed to be a ‘Sarkari Darbar’ instead of a public meeting where reserve force people and government employees were made to sit on chairs to fill the tent. “If it was a public meeting, why were people required to show their government service card,” she questioned.

She said General Musharraf was not only violating the Election Commission’s Code of Ethics by campaigning for a political party but also the Constitution.