PPPP launches Election Menifesto

(AFP) - Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto on Friday launched her party's manifesto for elections in January 8, but reiterated that she was taking part in the polls under protest. “We are taking part in elections under protest, we are not giving them any legitimacy. But if we do not participate we leave the field for others,” she told reporters in Islamabad. “Our policy is based on five “E's -- employment, education, energy, environment and equality,” the former premier added. She said she could “review our decision” on participating in the election if she could agree a common agenda with fellow former premier Nawaz Sharif and other parties. “But it has to be a joint opposition, it must be a joint opposition,” she said. Benazir said the electoral process “is not just” and said that Musharraf's regime had not taken any action on her complaints. But she added: “We have filed our nomination papers, we are preparing for the election and appealing to the people to help the PPP (Pakistan People's Party) and vote for them.” She denied rumours that she had met Musharraf on Thursday to revive the arrangement