A CONVERSATION WITH BENAZIR BHUTTO

As things stand, it will be difficult to arrest me. There is a risk, but I am prepared to take it.

Didn't Musharraf make a big mistake when he fired the chief justice?

Yes, it was a very big mistake.

Who was behind it?

I think he received wrong information that the action was legal and would be upheld by the courts. People who wanted to weaken him did that.

The fact that Musharraf has extended his term as army chief so many times has not gone down well with the armed forces. There's public discontent over the involvement of the army in the running of the state.

How did you keep going all these years in exile?

The people of my country supported me and the Pakistani community encouraged me. So did my husband and my children. My husband was in prison for eight years and he never once told me he could not take it anymore. My children never told me not to travel.