ISLAMABAD, October 13, SPA -- Pakistan is urging exiledformer Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto to delay her returnuntil the country's Supreme Court rules conclusively on alaw granting her amnesty, an official said Saturday. Bhutto _ is set to arrive in Pakistan on October 18, ending an eight-year exile to campaign for upcoming parliamentary elections. President Pervez Musharraf last week signed an ordinance quashing graft cases against the two-time prime minister and dozens of other politicians and bureaucrats. But, the Supreme Court agreed Friday to hear petitions against the ordinance. On Saturday, Deputy Information Minister Tariq Azim saidit was in Bhutto's political interest if she waited for thecourt's ruling. The Supreme Court has said it will hear thecase next month. «President Musharraf also wants her to (wait), and Ithink she should consider it,» Azim told The AssociatedPress. He said it would create a «conducive environment» ifBhutto accepted Musharraf's proposal. «At this point, thecases against her stand withdrawn, but if the court rulesagainst the ordinance, she will have to face the cases.» Azim's comments came a day after Musharraf, in aninterview with the BBC, said that Bhutto should delay herreturn, although he added that he would not prevent herfrom coming back if she decided to do so. «There is a lot happening here. There are court cases,and I think she should come after that,» he told the BBC. Musharraf, who has held talks with Bhutto on thepossibility of sharing power after the parliamentaryelections due in January, said he was yet to receive anyreply from Bhutto.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/490200