Informed Benazir Bhutto about threats: Musharraf

Dubai: Former President Pervez Musharraf said on Tuesday that he had telephoned former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and informed her of the threats she faced.

Musharraf was responding to statements made by Interior Minister Rehman Malik in the Sindh Assembly in which Malik said that the former president did not provide Benazir adequate security and was threatened by her.

“Benazir did not consider me to be a threat,” Musharraf said.

Musharraf added that providing security to Benazir Bhutto was the responsibility of the provincial government and her principal security was being handled by PPP workers.

The former president also raised the question regarding who had asked Benazir Bhutto to come out of the sun roof of the jeep she was traveling in prior to her assassination.

Musharraf further said that he had met Benazir twice in Dubai but had not spoken to her since October 18.

“Rehman Malik was not present during these meetings” Musharraf added.

Commenting on his return, Musharraf said he was willing to face the courts.