ISLAMABAD, Aug 11: Human Rights Cell of Pakistan People’s Party in a letter to the Secretary-General of Commonwealth Don McKinnon has apprised him of the government’s measures to prevent Benazir Bhutto from contesting the elections.

The letter, written by Central Coordinator of the cell, Fauzia Wahab, enlisted five ordinances promulgated by the military which she said were aimed at sidelining Ms Bhutto.

“The PPP being a responsible political party fulfilled all the cumbersome requirement under the new laws, the regime, however, has come out with another trick to create hurdles and that is the re-allocation of the election symbol. It had asked the political parties to submit their application for election symbol,” she said. “We apprehend that the EC would again change our symbol and create hurdles for our voters,” she stated.