Musharraf says dismissal of CJ was ‘constitutional and legal’

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 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 18th, 2009 SAN ANTONIO - Former Pakistani president and military ruler Pervez Musharraf has admitted that he committed a mistake by sacking Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry. Musharraf Thursday said at a lecture at Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas: Now, after seeing the incidents following his dismissal from the office I realised that I shouldnt have done that.

September 7th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf would actively participate in politics after November 30 when a two-year constitutional bar on him holding public office comes to an end, according to a former minister. Addressing reporters in Islamabad, former federal minister and central leader of the PML-Q, Chaudhry Shahbaz, said on Sunday that he held several meetings with the former president in London and also met him recently in Jeddah.

August 24th, 2009 LAHORE - The US and UK governments were key players in facilitating the escape of former President Pervez Musharraf, whereas the Pakistan People's Party and the PML-N are consistently deceiving the nation by not acting to apprehend the national offender, Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Punjab Waseem Akhtar has said. He said the PPP Government's attitude clearly gave the idea that they wanted to suppress the accountability of Musharraf for his hideous constitutional crimes.

August 15th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf is not perturbed by the volley of cases being registered against him in the country, a leading member of his legal team has said. "Nothing is happening that Musharraf has not foreseen," advocate Saif Ali Khan said.

August 14th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Political parties in Pakistan have no consensus among them over the trial of former president General Pervez Musharraf. While the Awami National Party (ANP) has supported charges against Musharraf, the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) has clarified that it would not support any legal action against the former general.

August 14th, 2009 LAHORE - Mirroring Arnie's iconic lines " I'll be back" from the blockbuster flick "Terminator", former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf has said he has no plans to settle abroad and would soon return to his country. Talking to a private television channel, Musharraf said he would return to Pakistan 'when needed.' Musharraf said he had been busy in the international academic circuit delivering lectures across the globe, and said he would return as soon as his commitments end.

August 13th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Even after registration of a case against former President General Pervez Musharraf, the Islamabad Police would not be able to quiz the former general or 'others' mentioned in the First Information Report (FIR), as it requires a special order from the government. According to senior police officials, Musharraf and his close aides could not be arrested due to certain constitutional and legal implications.

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 29th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - In an apparent move to counter legal cases lodged against him, Former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf may launch a new political party. Speculations are rife that Musharraf is pondering over launching a new political party as his close associates have advised him to avoid appearances in media particularly when he and PML-Q's Chaudhary Shujaat Hussain are at 'loggerheads'.

July 28th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has decided to launch a massive legal war against former President General Pervez Musharraf and pressurise the government to charge him for high treason. "Regardless of the court decision we will exploit every opportunity and use every platform for Musharraf's trial under The High Treason (Punishment) Act 1973," PML-N's spokesman Senator Pervez Rashid said.

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.

July 7th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - No matter how rich former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz are, they still cherish gifts and presentations offered to them. Both leaders just adored the numerous gifts, offered to them by various heads of state and other officials during their visit to several countries, and that is why they took all such presentations with them after they stepped down.