‘Embarrassed’ Musharraf’s close aides shying away from commenting on his misdeeds

September 20th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The United States, for the first time, has disclosed that it wanted a 'safe exit' for the former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf after he stepped down from the Presidency. In an interview with an American news paper, US Ambassador to Pakistan Anne Patterson said Washington wanted a 'dignified' retirement for Musharraf.

September 16th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The United States is ambivalent regarding former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf's claims that he could have deployed US military equipment against India. The US State Department avoided any direct comment on Musharraf's statement saying it is yet to verify the former general's claims.

September 16th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Indian Ambassador to the United States, Meera Shankar, has said it is for the US to look into the issue and respond to former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf's recent disclosure regarding misuse of American military aid. Shankar said the US should respond to the issue and not India.

September 2nd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The 'royal' treatment being given to former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf during his Saudi Arabia visit has his opponents worried. The special treatment has sparked speculations that Riyadh is trying to use its influence to ask the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) to shun its demand for Musharraf's trial under the Article Six of the Constitution.

August 30th, 2009 LAHORE - The Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz (PML-N) has now demanded trial of Army Chief General Ashfaq Kayani under the Article Six of the Constitution. In an interview with a private television, PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif's spokesman Zaeem Qadri said the party wants trial of former President General Pervez Musharraf and his close aides for supporting his unconstitutional actions.

August 26th, 2009 ISLAMABAD/DUBAI - Sources close to Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf have revealed that he may consider seizing power again, only a year after a marathon 9-year innings at the helm. "Musharraf is planning a return to power.

August 2nd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that the final decision regarding the fate of former President General Pervez Musharraf would be taken by Parliament. Commenting on the Supreme Court's verdict that declared Musharraf's November 3, 2007 actions as 'extra-judicial and unconstitutional', Gilani said Parliament is the appropriate forum to take decisions of national interest.

July 27th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari's spokesman Farhatullah Babar has rejected former President Pervez Musharraf's claim that Benazir Bhutto wanted him to continue as the head of the state if she had been elected Prime Minister. Babar described the retired general's statement as "wishful thinking of a disgraced dictator." In a rejoinder to the former president's interview with an Indian channel, Babar said Musharraf had been eased out of the Presidency in full public view and was now seeking a measure of public support to "escape the fate that befalls all dictators." Babar said that Musharraf's assertion had confirmed Bhutto's prediction, made during an interview in the last months of her life that a day will come when Musharraf will beg for my pictures to sustain himself.

July 25th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Supporting the Supreme Court's decision to summon former President General Pervez Musharraf, former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said the military ruler's trial was the 'need of the hour'. Sharif said Musharraf must be tried and punished for "breaching the constitution".

July 11th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has blamed the former President General Pervez Musharraf of violating the norms of the Constitution by grabbing the autonomy enjoyed by the provinces. "The previous government 'illegally and unconstitutionally' put the local governments in the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution," The News quoted Gilani, as saying.

July 4th, 2009 LONDON - The bitter feud between former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and former President General Pervez Musharraf continues abated, with Sharif now calling for a trial of the former military General. Talking to media persons here, Sharif regretted that Musharraf has not been tried even after years of misdeeds.

June 30th, 2009 LAHORE - The Chief Justice of Pakistan, Iftikhar Chaudhry, has been informed about the involvement of former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's coteries in a 15 billion rupee scam. Punjab Cooperatives Board for Liquidation (PCBL) Chairman Nazar Muhammad Chauhan wrote a letter to Chaudhry detailing "massive corruption" by former military officials posted to NAB and PCBL.

June 13th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Two former military generals and close associates of former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf have been summoned by the National Assembly's Special Committee on Railways for their alleged involvement in a multibillion rupee scam. Lieutenant General Saeedul Zafar and Lieutenant General Butt have been asked to appear before the special committee to clarify their role in giving 141 acres of PR land on ludicrous terms and conditions to an influential private company apparently owned by a close relative of Musharraf.

June 8th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Australia's Next Top Model contestant Lola Van Vorst seems to be least bothered by her nude photo scandal. She insists that the unfolding drama hasn't threatened her chances in the program.

May 26th, 2009 LAHORE - Former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf has rebuked media reports that he has purchased a palatial house in London adjacent to the former British Prime Minister Tony Blair's residence. He said his residence was an 'ordinary flat', which he bought with help from his son and a friend, The Daily Times reports.