I will return to Pakistan when situation improves: MusharrafSeptember 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.
Musharraf to return to Pakistan under pleasant conditionsSeptember 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.
Musharraf may avoid noose but won't be playing golf in Pak for long time: EditorialSeptember 16th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - With President Asif Ali Zardari disclosing that his predecessor General Pervez Musharraf was given a 'safe exit' from the country, it appears, Musharraf may have avoided a high treason trial for his unconstitutional actions, but according to an editorial there is hardly any possibility of the former general returning to Pakistan in the near future. The editorial in The Daily Times said Musharraf may be safe for the time being, but he would hardly be seen playing golf in Pakistan for years to come.
Musharraf left as part of deal: Pakistani leaderSeptember 14th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Former president and military ruler Pervez Musharraf left the country as part of a "deal" and would not return in the near future, Pakistan Muslim League (Q) secretary general Mushahid Hussain Syyed said. Talking to mediapersons Sunday after an Iftar-dinner organised by PML-Q in the Pakistani city of Hyderabad, he said Pakistan cannot afford the politics of reprisal at this point in time.
Musharraf says he will return to Pak soonSeptember 7th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Former President Pervez Musharraf has said that he will soon return to Pakistan to be among the people of the country. Talking to a delegation in London led by Pakistan Muslim League (Q) leader Amir Muqam, Musharraf called for unity between two factions of the PML-Q.
Free A Q Khan, a vulnerable man to foreign agenciesSeptember 1st, 2009 ISLAMABAD - A Q Khan, Pakistani nuclear scientist, widely regarded as the founder of Pakistan's nuclear program, is a free man again and many consider that he may share the secrets with establishments around the world. In January 2004, Khan had confessed to having been involved in a secret international network of nuclear weapons technology proliferation from Pakistan to Libya, Iran and North Korea.
Musharraf totally unperturbed by political vendetta against him, says his legal aideAugust 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.
Pak political parties differ over charging MusharrafAugust 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.
PML-N demands high-level commission on KargilJuly 28th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The Nawaz Sharif-led Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has urged President Asif ali Zardari to appoint a high-level commission to inquire into the Kargil issue. It said that a Supreme Court judge should head the commission.
Kargil was a big success for Pakistan, says MusharrafJuly 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Kargil operation was a "big success" as it forced India to come to the negotiating table on Kashmir, says former Pakistan president and then army chief Pervez Musharraf, 10 years after the high-altitude conflict that took the neighbours to the brink of a full-scale war. "Yes, indeed, it was a big success because it had (an) impact even on the attitudes of the Indian side.
Musharraf defends Kargil, says he brought Kashmir to the negotiation tableJuly 24th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Defending his Kargil misadventure, former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf has described the 1999 Kargil conflict as a "big success" as it forced India to bring Kashmir onto the negotiation table. "Yes, indeed, it was a big success because it had (an) impact even on the attitudes of the Indian side.
Book nails 'commando' Musharraf's Kargil liesJune 30th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf, in an interview with a private British television channel recently, claimed that he had came very close to resolving the long pending Kashmir dispute with India, and that he had never advised the then Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to withdraw troops from Kargil. But according to the Dawn, the "Commando" (Musharraf), forgot to tell the whole truth.
Zia-ul- Haq, Musharraf could be tried under the High Treason Act: Pak ministerMay 1st, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Babar Awan has said that former dictators, General Zia-ul- Haq and General Pervez Musharraf could be tried under the High Treason (Punishment) Act of 1973 for subverting the Constitution. Appearing in the Supreme Court to clarify whether a former president can be brought to court on a public complaint or not, Awan, who is also the country's acting law minister, said: "General Zia can be charged posthumously with sabotaging the 1973 Constitution in 1977 and General Musharraf twice in 1999 and 2007."
Explaining the details of the Article 6 of the Constitution which deals with high treason for undermining the Constitution, Awan said: "The act that was notified in the gazette of Pakistan in 1973, had become a 'dead letter' since no civilian or military ruler had ever been tried under the law during the past 36 years in view of political exigencies."
"Section 2-a of the act says that a person found guilty of having committed an act of abrogating or subverting the Constitution enforced in Pakistan at any time would be tried under the law to hand down death sentence or life imprisonment," The Dawn quoted Awan, as saying.
Pakistan had alerted US to its nuclear tests: Gohar Ayub KhanApril 18th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan had with a 'heavy heart' informed the US of its May 1998 nuclear tests that it had conducted in retaliation to India's tests the same month, former foreign minister Gohar Ayub Khan says in his new book. 'Having exhausted all options and left with no choice, we have in our supreme national interest decided to exercise the nuclear option.
Pakistan would have attacked India in 1998: Gohar Ayub KhanApril 18th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan would have launched a full-fledged air attack had India attempted to prevent its 1998 nuclear tests, maverick politician and former foreign minister Gohar Ayub Khan says in a new book. In the book titled 'Testing Times as Foreign Minister', Khan claims that in the event of an attack by India on the nuclear test site at Chagai in Balochistan, the Pakistan Air Force would have launched attacks on pre-designated targets in India, The News reported Saturday.
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