Karachi, Sept 01: Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto said today she has postponed plans to return to Pakistan after election officials rejected her applications to stand in October's polls. "I have postponed my programme (to return home) as my nomination papers have just now been rejected," she said in an interview with the Karachi-based correspondent of Deutche Welle radio to be aired tonight.
She had previously hinted she would return to Pakistan soon but had never fixed a date.
"I will see where the situation leads (and) I will consult with my colleagues," she said.

Bhutto said she was grateful to former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif - her old political rival - for rescinding his approved nomination for the poll in protest of the first rejection Friday of one of her nominations .
"I have heard the news that... Nawaz Sharif has taken back his nomination and I am thankful to him (for this gesture). It will be setback to the military government," she said.
Today, Pakistani election authorities rejected two more applications by two-time ex-Premier Bhutto to contest Bureau Report