Benazir makes surprise trip to Dubai

Former Pakistani premier Benazir Bhutto left for Dubai Thursday, officials said, in a surprise move after cancelling the trip overnight due to rumours of an impending state of emergency.
Benazir Bhutto returned to Pakistan from eight years in self-exile just two weeks ago, on October 18. Hours later, her homecoming parade in the southern city of Karachi was targeted by a suicide bombing that killed 139 people.
"I am going to Dubai to see my children and ailing mother," Benazir Bhutto was quoted as telling members of her Pakistan People's Party at Karachi airport by senior party official Agha Siraj Durrani.
"I will return to Pakistan on November 8," ahead of a public meeting that she is due to address in the garrison city of Rawalpindi the following day, Durrani quoted her as saying.