Benazir leaves for New Delhi

Published March 24, 2007

ISLAMABAD, March 23: Chairperson of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Benazir Bhutto left London on Friday for New Delhi to participate in a conclave by "India Today" on Indo-Pakistan relations and peace in the region.

According to a spokesman for the PPP, Ms Bhutto will speak on "Challenges for the Brave New World: Can Indo-Pak Relations Be Reinvented?" Former Iranian president Khatami has also been invited to the conclave.

During her brief stay in London, Ms Bhutto met former prime minister and PML-N chief Mian Nawaz Sharif and also participated in a BBC programme "Question Time".

After delivering her speech at the conclave, Ms Bhutto will leave for Washington. She will return to Dubai early next month for participation in a function on the eve of the death anniversary of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto on April 4.

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