Dawn : Benazir leaves for Dubai

Benazir leaves for Dubai

November 1, 2007

KARACHI, Nov 1 (AFP): Former Pakistani premier Benazir Bhutto left for Dubai on Thursday by Emirates Airlines flight EK-607 officials said, after cancelling the trip overnight due to rumours of an impending state of emergency.

“I am going to Dubai to see my children and ailing mother,” Bhutto was quoted as telling members of her party at Karachi airport by a senior party official.

“I will return to Pakistan on November 8,” he quoted her as saying.