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Fatima Bhutto, daughter of Mir Murtaza Bhutto has made it clear that she would not join Imran Khan's Tehrik-e-Insaaf.
Speaking at the Jaipur Literature Festival on Sunday, she made it clear this was unlikely to happen ever.
"He has an incredible coziness not with the military but with dictatorship," Ms. Bhutto said of Imran Khan.
Ms. Bhutto accused Khan of defending the legacy of former dictator Gen. Zia-ul-Haq. She also mentioned Khan's support for a 2002 referendum allowing Gen. Pervez Musharraf, who had come to power with a coup a few years earlier, to extend his term.
That's not where it ended. In what appeared to be a well-rehearsed argument to debunk the political credibility of the former cricket captain, Ms. Bhutto went on to list more reasons why she opposed his political foray.
"As a woman I worry very much about Imran's politics," said Ms. Bhutto. She spoke of his opposition to amending a 2006 woman's bill in favour of victims of rape. She also questioned Khan's commitment to secularism and to defending minorities.
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