US taking Musharraf’s expose on aid use against India seriously

September 20th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The United States, for the first time, has disclosed that it wanted a 'safe exit' for the former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf after he stepped down from the Presidency. In an interview with an American news paper, US Ambassador to Pakistan Anne Patterson said Washington wanted a 'dignified' retirement for Musharraf.

September 16th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Indian Ambassador to the United States, Meera Shankar, has said it is for the US to look into the issue and respond to former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf's recent disclosure regarding misuse of American military aid. Shankar said the US should respond to the issue and not India.

September 16th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The United States is ambivalent regarding former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf's claims that he could have deployed US military equipment against India. The US State Department avoided any direct comment on Musharraf's statement saying it is yet to verify the former general's claims.

September 15th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The US has said that it is taking very seriously former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf's claim that arms provided by it to fight Islamic terrorists were moved to bolster defence against India instead. State Department spokesman Ian Kelly Monday said: "We take very seriously any allegation of using US-origin military assistance for purposes other than we had already agreed to and that we had intended them for." To a query on when the weapons were sold to Pakistan, was there an understanding or a provision that they would not be used against India, the official said: " Yeah.

September 14th, 2009 LAHORE - Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz has assured former president Pervez Musharraf that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif will not demand a treason trial for him under Article 6 of the constitution. Musharraf said he would demand that all the judges of the superior judiciary who had approved his steps also be tried for treason if the government charged him with sedition.

September 14th, 2009 MELBOURNE - A senior member of the Liberal Party of Australia is drawing plans to protect kids from pornography, saying parents who expose their children to explicit material should face criminal charges. Scott Morrison is pushing for changes to the law Down Under after a child protection case surfaced in his Sydney electorate, where a father views blue movies and web videos in front of his kid aged under five.

September 9th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - PML-N Information Secretary Ahsan Iqbal has said that the PPP backed out of its promise on trying former President Pervez Musharraf. The Dawn quoted Iqbal as saying that the PPP had agreed to prosecute Musharraf in the past but now it seemed that the PPP is not interested bringing the former dictator to book.

August 25th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) and the trial of former president General Pervez Musharraf under the Article Six of the Constitution are two separate issues and should not be interlinked. "These are two separate issues," Gilani said when asked whether the NRO was preventing the government from initiating a high treason case against Musharraf.

August 15th, 2009 BEIJING - Twenty one government officials in the Chinese province of Sichuan have come under trouble for allegedly using public money to pay for a she-male show in Thailand five years ago. The incident came to light after a netizen put some photos on the Internet in a bid to expose the apparent misuse of public funds, the China Daily reports.

August 3rd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Former President Pervez Musharraf could be tried by simple majority resolution of Parliament, Pakitan's Attorney General Latif Khosa has said. Replying to a question about action against former President Musharraf, the Attorney General said Parliament is supreme in this issue.

July 19th, 2009 LAHORE - The Pakistan Electric Power Company (PEPCO) has disconnected the power supply to former President Pervez Musharraf's Chak Shahzad farm house, after he failed to pay outstanding bills. PEPCO's Managing Director Tahir Basharat said notices have been issued to Musharraf along with 34 other residents of Chak Shahzad over 'misuse' of electricity.

July 14th, 2009 LAHORE - Pakistan's State Minister for Interior Tasnim Ahmed Qureshi has said that the government would expose all local and foreign forces attempting to weaken Pakistan's integrity, solidarity and security at the right time. Talking to media after being briefed by FIA Director (Immigration) Azam Joyia here on Tuesday, he said the entire security apparatus of the country has been improved to eliminate terrorism effectively.

July 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - External Affairs Minister S M Krishna on Thursday said that the confession by Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari on nurturing of terrorists in his country has justified India's stand about terrorists originating form the neighbouring country. Krishna said that India has repeatedly maintained that Pakistan's soil was being used for terrorist attacks on India.

July 4th, 2009 LONDON - The bitter feud between former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and former President General Pervez Musharraf continues abated, with Sharif now calling for a trial of the former military General. Talking to media persons here, Sharif regretted that Musharraf has not been tried even after years of misdeeds.

May 29th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Taking a strong stand over reports of cheap electricity being provided to former President General Pervez Musharraf's farm house in Chak Shahzad, the Pakistan Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has asked the water and power secretary and other concerned officials to appear before it. The PAC chairman Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan ordered the top officials to appear before the committee with all important documents regarding the issue, The Daily Times reports.