Zardari favours reconciliation with Musharraf

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 28th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has refuted claims made by President Asif Ali Zardari that Musharraf quit the government as part of a secret deal facilitated by international and local' guarantors. "I neither quit the government nor left the country on any deal," The Daily Times quoted Musharraf, as saying.

September 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.

September 16th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan Muslim League-N has moved a privilege motion in the National Assembly (NA) against the statement of President Asif Ali Zardari on giving the safe passage to the former president Pervez Musharraf. The motion signed by 91 MNAs has been brought by Hanif Abbasi, Dr.

September 16th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has demanded President Asif Ali Zardari to make public the documents regarding the secret deal with his predecessor General Pervez Musharraf, allowing him a safe exit from the country. Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly (NA) Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said the PML-N would move motions in the Senate and the NA against Zardari for making a covert deal with Musharraf.

September 15th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Former president and military dictator Pervez Musharraf had resigned as part of a negotiated settlement that was guaranteed by "international and local powers", President Asif Zardari has said. "All international and local powers, which have stakes in the region, were guarantors of Pervez Musharrafs negotiated resignation," Daily Times Tuesday quoted Zardari as saying.

September 15th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has revealed that former President General Pervez Musharraf had stepped down from the Presidency as a part of a deal which was facilitated by 'international and local' guarantors. "All international and local powers, which have stakes in the region, were guarantors of General Pervez Musharraf's negotiated resignation," Zardari told media person during an Iftar party here.

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 12th, 2009 Islamabad, Aug .12 (ANI) : In what may be seen as a strategic move to protect former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf from charges of high treason, senior British diplomat Mark Lyall Grant met top political leaders here. Grant, who had served as the High Commissioner in Islamabad, met President Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday and is expected to meet Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday (today).

July 25th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf has defended his action of dismissing Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry in March 2007, saying the decision was absolutely 'constitutional and legal' He, however, admitted that the handling of the situation at that time was "shabby". "I don't blame myself because I don't get into the nitty gritty of which Deputy Superintendent of Police was rude to him.

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 6th, 2009 LONDON - Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has once again blamed his predecessor Pervez Musharraf for death of his wife and former premier Benazir Bhutto, claiming that she died by a bullet not by the bomb that a Scotland Yard report identified as the cause. "I wish Musharraf had looked after my wife as I can look after myself," The Telegraph quoted Zardari, as saying.

May 17th, 2009 NEW YORK - Former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf has said that the people of the country do not support the incumbent President Asif Ali Zardari over the idea of announcing an 'all out' war against the Taliban in the Swat Valley. In an interview with the CNN, Musharraf claimed that only 19 percent of the Pakistanis supported Zardari to fight the Taliban.

March 30th, 2009 LAHORE - Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has refuted charges that the judges were reinstated under pressure. Rather, he said they were restored at the right time keeping in view public aspirations.

February 28th, 2009 LAHORE - Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif has said that President Asif Ali Zardari wants to drag the nation toward mid-term elections, Geo TV reported Friday. In an interview after his electoral disqualification Friday, Nawaz Sharif said that no third force could come into power if the government showed maturity and responsibility.