I wish Musharraf had looked after Benazir as I can look after myself: Zardari

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 28th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has refuted claims made by President Asif Ali Zardari that Musharraf quit the government as part of a secret deal facilitated by international and local' guarantors. "I neither quit the government nor left the country on any deal," The Daily Times quoted Musharraf, as saying.

September 21st, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Former president Pervez Musharraf has said he will return to Pakistan under pleasant conditions. He added that he will not retaliate against those who are demanding to try him under Article 6 of the Pakistan Constitution.

September 16th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has demanded President Asif Ali Zardari to make public the documents regarding the secret deal with his predecessor General Pervez Musharraf, allowing him a safe exit from the country. Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly (NA) Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said the PML-N would move motions in the Senate and the NA against Zardari for making a covert deal with Musharraf.

September 15th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has revealed that former President General Pervez Musharraf had stepped down from the Presidency as a part of a deal which was facilitated by 'international and local' guarantors. "All international and local powers, which have stakes in the region, were guarantors of General Pervez Musharraf's negotiated resignation," Zardari told media person during an Iftar party here.

September 10th, 2009 LONDON - Former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf possess some secret records regarding Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif and former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, and may make them public if the PML-N and PPP push further for his high treason trial. Sources close to the former general, who may 'formally' join politics in December, say that he may take the veil off the records if both the parties continues to target him.

August 18th, 2009 LAHORE - Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari is not interested in dragging former President General Pervez Musharraf to the court of law, but rather favours reconciliation with the former general. Zardari said the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) favours reconciliation with Musharraf, and that the fate of the ex-Army chief would be decided by the parliament.

August 13th, 2009 LONDON - Britain is trying to persuade Pakistani politicians to spare the former president Pervez Musharraf from treason charges, a newspaper reported Thursday quoting senior opposition figures. The Daily Telegraph said a senior British diplomat had met former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif to urge him not to press for the extradition of Musharraf, who is currently in London.

July 25th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf has defended his action of dismissing Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry in March 2007, saying the decision was absolutely 'constitutional and legal' He, however, admitted that the handling of the situation at that time was "shabby". "I don't blame myself because I don't get into the nitty gritty of which Deputy Superintendent of Police was rude to him.

July 24th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf, for the time, has admitted that there was a secret "understanding" between him and former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto which facilitated her return to the country in October 2007. "There was an understanding.

June 22nd, 2009 NAUDERO - Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has vowed to make every sacrifice to counter terrorism and insurgency, which have been challenging the "very existence of Pakistan." "This is not a small challenge, this is not a small war. This is a war of ideologies with people who are against the very existence of Pakistan.

June 3rd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Alleging that the former President General Prevez Musharraf was responsible for former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's assassination, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has urged the government to put the autocratic ruler on trial. The PML-N asked the government to register a first information report (FIR) against Musharraf for Bhutto's assassination and put his name on the Exit Control List (ECL), The Daily Times reports.

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 4th, 2009 RAWALPINDI - The United States is trying to form a government in Pakistan with Asif Ali Zardari as President and PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif as Prime Minister, Secretary General Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) Mushahid Hussain Sayed has claimed. Talking to Geo TV, Mushahid said he can tell what will not happen.

December 26th, 2008 LONDON - Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari may be suppressing the investigation into the assassination of his wife Benazir Bhutto, a British newspaper reported Saturday quoting members of his own ruling party. 'It is intriguing why the government has not even ordered any investigation into Ms Bhutto's killing,' Safdar Abbasi, a senator belonging to the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), was quoted saying in the Times newspaper.