71 percent Pakistanis want to punish Musharraf for imposing emergency

October 1st, 2009 LAHORE - Unperturbed by the volley of cases being lodged against him for imposing emergency in the country in November 2007, former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has said that he would defend himself in Pakistani courts. A private television channel quoted Musharraf, as saying that he was ready to face all charges leveled against him.

September 25th, 2009 LAHORE - Continuing his animosity with the Pakistan Muslim League -Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif, former President General Pervez Musharraf has described the former Prime Minister as a 'closet Taliban'. In an interview to ABC News, Musharraf called Sharif 'abrasive' and 'confrontational'.

September 21st, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Former Pakistan president and military ruler Pervez Musharraf has said he would return to the country "when circumstances improve". Speaking to Geo TV from Philadelphia, Musharraf said he would return home under pleasant circumstances.

September 15th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The US has said that it is taking very seriously former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf's claim that arms provided by it to fight Islamic terrorists were moved to bolster defence against India instead. State Department spokesman Ian Kelly Monday said: "We take very seriously any allegation of using US-origin military assistance for purposes other than we had already agreed to and that we had intended them for." To a query on when the weapons were sold to Pakistan, was there an understanding or a provision that they would not be used against India, the official said: " Yeah.

September 10th, 2009 LONDON - : Former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf has urged the United States to hand over the unmanned drone aircrafts to Pakistan so that it could carry out the offensive against the extremists on its own rather than relying on foreign countries. In an interview with a private television channel, Musharraf said the war against terrorism was not only in Washington's interest but in the interest of Islamabad also.

September 3rd, 2009 JEDDAH - Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has denied reports that his Saudi Arabia visit was aimed at requesting clemency from being tried under high treason charges, saying he 'asked nothing' for himself during his meeting with King Abdullah. Talking to people representing the Pakistani community here before leaving for London, Musharraf said he discussed only major issues related to Pakistan's development during his meeting.

August 14th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Most Pakistanis hate the Taliban as much as they consider United States as their enemy, a recent opinion poll has reveled. According to Pew Global Attitudes poll about 70 percent of Pakistanis are now against the Taliban's violent policies.

August 11th, 2009 Pakistan says Musharraf can be arrested on returnISLAMABAD — Police say if Pakistan's former president returns to the country, he could be arrested for ordering the arrest of judges while he was in power. Pervez Musharraf imposed a state of emergency in 2007, firing the chief justice and dozens of judges, apparently to avoid challenges to his rule.

August 1st, 2009 LONDON - Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf, who has been ruled guilty of illegally imposing emergency two years ago, faces exile in Britain because his presence may destabilise the country, a British newspaper reported Saturday. Musharraf, a former military general who was ousted from power in August 2008, has been in Britain for the past two months and is reported to be on a luxury cruise.

July 30th, 2009 Musharraf skips Pakistan court hearing on misruleISLAMABAD — Pakistan's former President Pervez Musharraf is ignoring a summons to appear before the country's top court to explain his 2007 declaration of a state of emergency and the firing of several dozen judges. Musharraf did not appear in court himself or send anyone to represent him on Thursday, the second day of the court hearing.

July 30th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Trouble for former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf is far from over as his top legal adviser Malik Qayyum appears to have dumped him. Qayyum did not responded to Supreme Court's notice on Musharraf's behalf even though he was present during the hearing on Wednesday.

July 29th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf might be hoping that the Pakistan Muslim League-Q (PML-Q) would come to his rescue amid the volley of legal cases being filed against him, but the PML-Q, which had close relations with Musharraf, has made it clear that it has 'nothing to do' with the former general. PML-Q Secretary General Mushahid Hussain said his party has no relation with Musharraf.

July 28th, 2009 LAHORE - The Supreme Court's decision to question the legality of former President General Pervez Musharraf's action of imposing an emergency in the country on November 3 2007, could also affect President Asif Ali Zardari's oath, former Attorney General Malik Muhammad Qayyum has said. Qayyum said that if all actions of the then Chief Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar were against the constitution then Zardari's oath of office is also not according to the law.

May 17th, 2009 NEW YORK - Former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf has said that the people of the country do not support the incumbent President Asif Ali Zardari over the idea of announcing an 'all out' war against the Taliban in the Swat Valley. In an interview with the CNN, Musharraf claimed that only 19 percent of the Pakistanis supported Zardari to fight the Taliban.

May 15th, 2009 LAHORE - Former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf has denied reports that he had asked the then prime minister Nawaz Sharif to seek US help during the Kargil war in 1999. In an interview to a private television channel, Musharraf said he had never asked Sharif to talk to the then US President Bill Clinton to 'save the army' during the Kargil war.