KIEV, March 30 - Yulia Tymoshenko, former Ukrainian prime minister, pledged to pursue a business-friendly policy if she regains the post of the prime minister following Sunday??™s general election, the Financial Times reported.

Tymoshenko sought to dispel anxiety among investors that she might again challenge the legality of privatizations by the authorities before the 2004 Orange revolution brought President Viktor Yushchenko to power.