Musharraf says will return to Pakistan soon, contest polls

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Former president and military dictator, Gen (r) Pervez Musharraf announced on Friday that he would return to the country within a week after the interim government takes control.

The ex-strongman made the announcement barely weeks before March 16, when assemblies are expected to be dissolved and a caretaker government appointed to oversee general elections in Pakistan.

“I have decided that I will return to Pakistan within one week after the formation of the caretaker government, likely to be set up by March 16,” he told a news conference in Dubai.

“When I look at these conditions that the country is in, I know that my return to Pakistan is crucial. And I will return to my beloved country,” he said. “Now or never, now or never!”

The former president faces two court warrants for his arrest in connection with the 2006 death of Akbar Bugti and the 2007 assassination of ex-prime minister Benazir Bhutto.

“People say that there are cases against me and there is danger. I am not afraid of dangers and I leave it to God,” Musharraf said.

The All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) chief has been in self-imposed exile for five years since the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) was elected into power with a coalition government in 2008.

This is not the first time that Musharraf has announced his plans of returning to his country.

Last year, he said he would fly home to contest elections. However, his plans of returning have yet to materialise. The former military chief had put off his scheduled arrival to Karachi in the last week of January this year on the reported advice of his well-wishers in the army.

He told a group of supporters in New York last month that he had delayed his return because of security concerns.

This is the first time in Pakistan’s history that an elected government is set to complete its full five-year term and transfer power to another administration after general elections in mid-May.

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21 COMMENTS

  7. Do not leave it to God. Leave it to the court.
    Please clean the road which lead to Adiala JAIL.

  8. How many billions of rupees he forgave. That was the tax payers' money. He must be held responsible for those loans he forgave. Follow the trail of money.

  9. Hi Qadri Mark-II welcome home. Your 180 million countrymen are missing you a lot. Stay safe from the Lahori Brothers as they hate you a lot. Best will be for you to keep getting drunk and dancing with the glas on your head. Next time you should become emperor-generalissimo Musharraf of the great pak-land. But know that only very few as.hol.s like to see your face again, try your luck anyway nothing to loose – good idea if you land in Lahore or Quetta. Nawazoo Mian will serve you nehari and Kashmiri chai for sure…..

  10. Musharaff keeps saying 'i am coming'….'i am coming' but he never seems to come! Seems like musharaff has been busy watching 'adult' movies while in exile.

  11. All you are mentioning are side effects of his unlawful rule.After passing of thunderstorm or cyclone then you can see destruction when it is gone.

  13. Well Come musharraf, all these idiots hate you because they like terrorist to run free which will be done by nawaz sharif supported by his merceneries taliban and lashkar e jhangvi.

  14. There is no dearth of idiots in Pakistan to welcome Musharraf. It is on theses idiots that rogues and con-mens thrive.

  16. the most ugly man on the universe and responsible for present terrorism in pakistan

  17. Musharraf can be abused, beaten and tortured in Pakistan for his sins .Mian muhammad nawaz sharif zindabad

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