Former president Pervez Musharraf plans to return to Pakistan next year, despite facing possible arrest, in order to participate in the 2013 election, he told reporters on Friday. “My plan is to land in Lahore on March 23 next year, if not earlier,” he said, adding he would participate in the election the following year.
Musharraf faces an arrest warrant in connection with the 2007 assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, apparently after a federal agency linked the former military ruler to the case, his spokesman said earlier this year. “I run the risk of being arrested, but I will take the risk for Pakistan,” he told reporters at a news conference in Dubai, adding that he had not tried to broker a deal to avoid arrest.
His announcement comes amid growing turmoil in Pakistan, after US Special Forces killed Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in the country on May 2.
