Former President Pervez Musharraf has demanded that the next general election in the country be held under the supervision of the army and not a caretaker government.
“The next general election should be held under the supervision of the army to ensure transparency and fairness,” said the former army chief, currently living in self-exile outside Pakistan.
Addressing workers of his All Pakistan Muslim League party at the Youhanabad Christian Society in Lahore via a video link from London on Sunday night, Musharraf also called for the holding of the polls without any further delay to steer Pakistan out of a crisis. Musharraf, who is the president of the All Pakistan Muslim League, said polls were the only way to overcome the troubles Pakistan was facing.
He said the country had reached the verge of disaster due to the power outages and that the Pakistan People’s Party-led government and the PML-N had done nothing practical to address this issue.
The people often recalled his regime when there were no power cuts and the cost of living was not so high, he claimed. Musharraf said the people should not vote for those who had tried to rule many times and failed. He said he will return to Pakistan before the next election, which is officially scheduled for March 2013.
Musharraf had earlier announced his homecoming on March 23 this year but later deferred the move on the advice of ‘friends’.
The former military ruler has been declared a ‘proclaimed offender’ by an anti-terrorism court for failing to cooperate with investigators probing the 2007 assassination of former premier Benazir Bhutto. The court has also issued an arrest warrant for Musharraf.
Amazingly Musharaf and Nawaz are demanding the same thing
My only complaint with Musharraf is that he didn't kill all ppp and pml leaders when he had the chance to. It normal for people to get killed during the coup. Accidental deaths 🙂 The country would have thanked him.
Is he in any position to "demand'?
I don't get it. I don't understand how the Pakistani media works. If you look at all the facts, Pakistan was moving forward under Musharraf, now it is moving backwards. That man was probably the best thing that happened to Pakistan. There may have been many dictators who stole, and other politicians who stole, such as the one now, but there was one that actually served for his country by offering his life in the military as well as serving the people of his country under his rule. It's tragic. Pakistan needs him back and let this be a learning lesson. You don't know what you got until it is gone. Ever since he was booted out, Pakistanis rightfully got what they deserved, a criminal looting sympathy luring President and his cronies who just care about the power status, and not about the country.
Thank you Pakistani media and the ignorant sections of Pakistan, for determining your own tragic fate and sending your country backwards. Enjoy eating gutka, wake up late, and complain all you want, you did this to yourselves. You lost a great ruler that Pakistan needed. You lost it all.
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