Lecture tours aimed at removing misconception about Pak Army, ISI: Musharraf

October 6th, 2009 LAHORE - Former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf has said that he has no idea where the Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden is hiding. Musharraf, who is currently on a lecture tour of the US, replying to a question that whether he believed Laden was hiding in the rough terrains of Pakistan's lawless tribal region, said: "Your guess is as good or as bad as mine.

October 4th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf has said that the US and Pakistan both lost track of Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden five years ago, The Dawn reports. Musharraf, who is on a lecture tour of the US currently, told students and delegates at a college in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, that both Pakistani and US intelligence have failed to collect any details regarding Laden's whereabouts, and now they are even unable to ascertain whether he was dead or alive.

October 3rd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf has said a multifaceted strategy is needed to deal with the Taliban effectively. Musharraf, who is on a lecture tour of the US currently, said that while the Al-Qaeda should be eliminated from Pakistan by force, dealing with the Taliban would require a military, political and socio-economic approach.

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 29th, 2009 LAHORE - Former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf has said that o corruption charges were proved against former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and that was the reason why he allowed her to return to the country. Musharraf, who is currently on a lecture tour to US, told media persons in Virginia that he had asked Bhutto not to return to Pakistan in 2007 as there were serious threats to her life then.

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 23rd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf has blamed Muslim extremism in India for terror activities increasing in the subcontinent, saying it is a matter of worry for the whole world. Musharraf, who is on a lecture tour of the US currently, told a gathering at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, those Muslim extremists in India pose a 'growing' concern for the international community.

September 19th, 2009 NEW YORK - A day after it was reported that former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf regretted removing Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry from office, an American newspaper has claimed that Musharraf has actually defended his actions. "But I don't think I committed blunders which should not have been done at all," The Express quoted Musharraf, as saying during his speech at Trinity University in Saint Antonio, Texas.

September 16th, 2009 LAHORE - Days after former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf's statement that Islamabad had diverted US aid to strengthen its defence against India was splashed in the media all over, the former general has denied allegations of misuse of army equipment, saying the media has highlighted a 'non-issue'. Dr Nasim Ashraf, one of Musharraf's close friends, told a private television channel that the former President has categorically denied misuse of any US military aid during his regime.

September 10th, 2009 LONDON - Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf is expected to criticise warm US-India ties on a 40-day lecture tour of the US beginning Tuesday, a British newspaper reported Thursday. Musharraf, who has been living in London while facing legal action in Pakistan for unlawfully declaring Emergency rule in 2007, said he will seek to redress Pakistan's poor international image.

September 9th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf may meet President Barack Obama in October, when he visits the United States for a lecture tour. According to Musharraf's lawyer, Chaudhry Fawwad, the former general will be arriving in Washington on September 14 for his 40-day US trip.

August 15th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Former Pakistan Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has rejected former President General Pervez Musharraf's claims that he had discussed the November 3, 2007 action of removing judges of the superior judiciary with him (Aziz). "I had neither advised Musharraf nor had taken part in any consultation process that led to the ousted Musharraf's decision to abrogate the Constitution on Nov 3, 2007," sources close to Aziz said.

May 24th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Eighteen months after retiring as the Pakistani Army chief, former president Pervez Musharraf has finally vacated Army House in the adjacent garrison town of Rawalpindi that he had continued to occupy on grounds of security. Citing sources, Dawn said Sunday that Musharraf's belongings had been moved to his sprawling country villa in the Chak Shahzad suburb of Islamabad.

May 24th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf has vacated the Army House - 18 months after retiring as the Chief of Army Staff.ources said the belongings of the former army chief had been moved to his Chak Shahzad farmhouse, near Tamri Chowk. Musharraf had retired from the army on November 28, 2007.

May 16th, 2009 LAHORE - With the country facing one of its major crises since its inception, former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf is eyeing yet another term in office. "If Pakistan is in trouble and if any Pakistani, myself included, if you can see that we can do something for it, well my life is for Pakistan," General Musharraf said.