Benazir leaves for Dubai

Published December 8, 2007

ISLAMABAD, Dec 7: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) chairperson Benazir Bhutto, who missed her flight on Thursday, left Islamabad for Dubai on Friday. PPP spokesman Farhatullah Khan Babar said that Ms Bhutto had gone to Dubai to spend a few days with her family. She would return to Islamabad in three to four days, he added.

Immigration officers at the Islamabad Airport had stopped Ms Bhutto from boarding her flight to Dubai on Thursday after they found that she was carrying an expired passport.

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