Former president Pervez Musharraf, currently living in Britain and Dubai, has contacted two foreign agencies based in the US and UK for providing security to him following his planned return to Pakistan early next year.
Musharraf has convened a meeting of officials of his party, the All Pakistan Muslim League (APML), from Pakistan, US, Canada and Britain in Dubai on September 18 at which he will give final shape to his proposed homecoming and other matters, sources close to the former president said.
Though Musharraf has announced that he will return to Pakistan on March 23 next year, some officials of his party are expected to ask him at tomorrow’s meeting to review the situation in the country before making a final decision, the sources said.
“Musharraf is keen to return home no matter what may come. For this purpose, he is finalising his security arrangements in Pakistan with two security agencies from the US and UK,” APML spokesman Fawad Chaudhry said.
However, in the hope of settling some of the cases before his likely return, Musharraf’s wife Sehba has already challenged an anti-terrorism court’s decision of confiscating the property of the former president.
The anti-terrorism court in Rawalpindi last month ordered the seizure of Musharraf’s moveable and immoveable assets and the freezing of his bank accounts while declaring him a fugitive for failing to cooperate with investigators probing the 2007 assassination of former premier Benazir Bhutto.
Musharraf is also expected to seek the views of APML officials on various issues at tomorrow’s meeting, the sources said.
Musharraf finalising security arrangements in Pak for his return
