No Pak party except Nawaz’s ready to take initiative to bring Musharraf to trial

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 19th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Former President General Pervez Musharraf has no plans to take a flight back to Pakistan until the demand for his trial under the Article Six of the Constitution is placed on the backburner, sources said. "He would return to Pakistan once all the sensitive issues relating to his trial for November 3, 2007 actions are resolved," The Nation quoted sources, as saying.

September 2nd, 2009 AHORE - Expressing concern over the political brickbatting between the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) over the trial of former President General Pervez Musharraf, Saudi Arabia has asked the Pakistani leadership to abide by the agreement on Musharraf's immunity from prosecution, and stop the infighting, saying it could further deteriorate the country's situation. Sources privy to the Saudi Royal family said Saudi King, Abdullah, told Interior Advisor Rehman Malik, that Musharraf's trial and altercations between the PPP and the PML-N could further affect Pakistan's political stability.

August 25th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan Peoples' Party (PPP) has decided to support a resolution seeking former President General Pervez Musharraf's trial under Article Six of the Constitution, despite having ideological differences with the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N). "PPP has ideological differences with PML-N but it would support resolution bringing dictators and breakers of constitutions to book," the Dawn quoted Attorney General Sardar Latif Khosa, as saying.

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 20th, 2009 SHEIKHPURA - Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) chief Syed Munawar Hasan has asked the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) backed Pakistan Government to bring former President General Pervez Musharraf back and proceed a high treason case against him under the article 6 of the Constitution. Speaking in a function at Sheikhupura, Hasan blamed the Gilani government of protecting Musharraf and said it had helped him to escape from the country.

August 18th, 2009 LONDON - Former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf will launch a new political party soon, the Online news agency reported Tuesday. A councilor of Britain's Conservative Party disclosed this to a TV Channel here.

August 17th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - US President Brack Obama's Special Representative for Pakistan and Afghanistan, Richard Holbrooke, has told the Pakistani leadership that as far as Washington is concerned, former President-General Pervez Musharraf is history. In an interaction with former Pakistan Prime Minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif at the Punjab House here, Holbrooke said that the United States would not create any hurdle in the way of the Pakistani parliament to put Musharraf on trial for acts of treason against the state.

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 9th, 2009 KARACHI - A prominent Pakistani legal expert has said the PPP-led government should take the initiative to prosecute former president Pervez Musharraf for violating the constitution. The Dawn quoted former Supreme Court Bar Association President Aitzaz Ahsan, as saying that the apex court had declared Musharraf's as actions as illegal, but it could not try the former dictator since it was not a trial court.

August 6th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz has announced that it intends to move a resolution in the National Assembly during the current session, seeking former President Pervez Musharraf's trial under Article 6 of the Constitution. "The PML-N has decided to move a resolution in the National Assembly during the ongoing session to invoke Article 6 against Musharraf for breaching the Constitution of the country," Leader of the Opposition Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan told the House in categorical words.

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 10th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan Muslim League- Quaid (PML-Q) is ready to accept former President General Pervez Musharraf as a 'party worker'. Talking to media persons at the party's central secretariat here, PML-Q leader Kamil Ali Agha said his party would welcome Musharraf if he decides to join his party instead of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM).

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.

April 25th, 2009 LAHORE - Former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf has said that he is ready to assume charge of the country once again if the situation does not improve. In an interview to a private television channel, Musharraf said he would not mind serving another term if he could bring on the change the nation desperately needs currently.