Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto admitted she has met secretly with President Gen Musharraf but said she was increasingly pessimistic about reaching a power-sharing deal with the leader.

Self-exiled former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto will return home in October and contest national elections despite the threat of imprisonment, one of her political advisers said.

Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf held secret talks with opposition leader and former prime minister Benazir Bhutto about a possible power-sharing deal, it was reported today.