Bhutto to return to Pakistan next month

Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto will return to Pakistan on October 18 to press for the restoration of democracy, regardless of the outcome of talks with its US-allied military president, her party said today.

The government said she would not suffer the fate of Nawaz Sharif, another ex-prime minister swiftly deported when he flew in on Monday, but she would have to face corruption cases pending against her.