Dubai, Oct 18 : Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has said that nobody can keep her away from Pakistan, and added that anyone who attacks her would burn in hell.

"I don’t believe that a true Muslim will make an attack on me... Islam forbids suicide bombings ... Anyone who attacks me would burn in hell," she said.

"Many threats have been made from left, right and centre to try and intimidate not only me, but most important of all, the people of Pakistan so that they should not go to the airport to receive me," she said.

"The threats come from Afghan militants, Arab militants and the Red Mosque militants, but the people of Pakistan are with me," Bhutto added.

Bhutto said that the way to make a change is not through death and violence. We do not have to agree on everything, but we should agree to resolve our differences peacefully.

She pledged that she would return to Pakistan to rid it of extremism and dictatorship by bringing in democracy. Bhutto is due to arrive in Karachi today at around 1:00pm.

"All the people in Pakistan, who love democracy and who believe in fundamental human rights have been waiting for me," Bhutto told a press conference in Dubai, flanked by her two daughters and her husband Asif Zardari.

"Pakistan’s future is at stake and I am going to Pakistan with a mission to see a peaceful transition to democracy," she said.

"My return heralds for the people of Pakistan the turn of the wheel from dictatorship to democracy, from exploitation to empowerment, from violence to peace."

She said she wanted to create for the people of Pakistan a country "where they have opportunities for employment, economic well-being, the primacy of civilian rule and a society free of extremism".

"I am very proud of what my mother is doing, and not only my mother, but what my whole family is doing," said Bakhtawar, Bhutto’s elder daughter.

"Nobody can keep me away from Pakistan. I have heard this morning that more than a million people are gathering in Karachi to welcome me. I will keep my promise of returning to Pakistan. It is true the Pakistan government has been trying to keep me away from home but I have decided to return nevertheless," Bhutto said.

She recalled that all parties took part in the 2002 elections in the presence of a uniformed president and asked them not to boycott the next general elections.

There would be massive protests in Pakistan akin to the ‘Orange Revolution’ in Ukraine if the general elections were rigged, the Daily Times quoted Bhutto, as saying. (ANI)