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  • Former dictator likely to go into exile as Saudi king is sending foreign minister on Monday to negotiate deal with Nawaz govt
  • APML official says the general can die but will never go into exile

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has finally yielded to the longstanding demand of Saudi King Abdullah Bin Abdel Aziz of going ‘soft’ on former president Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan Today has learnt.

Reportedly, Saudi Foreign Minister Saud Al Faisal’s visit scheduled for Monday has been arranged for the purpose.

A source privy to the developments told Pakistan Today that the foreign minister will meet Nawaz to seek ‘concessions’ for Musharraf and during his visit, he is also likely to meet the former president at AFIC as well. The source maintained that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief is now ready to assist Musharraf if he agrees to go into another self-exile.

“During his meeting with Saud Al Faisal, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will seek support from the Saudi emissary to use his good office and convince Musharraf to leave the country, as the general may not be able to defend himself from judiciary while being in Pakistan,” the source said, adding that according to the government’s calculations, the judges were ‘defiant’ and Musharraf may have to face the music if the treason trial continued in the special court.

‘BEHAVE WITH MY BROTHER’:

The source said that despite repeated requests made by Nawaz and his financial team for aid and provision of petroleum supplies on cheaper rates, the Saudi administration did not agree for any support until Nawaz and company “behave with Musharraf”.

“On more than two occasions, King Abdullah had told Nawaz to deal with Musharraf cautiously as he regarded the latter as his brother,” another source told Pakistan Today, adding that Nawaz wanted to go ahead with Musharraf’s trial to ‘avenge’ his own humiliation at the hands of the former dictator.

“Nawaz wanted to pardon the former army chief after convicting him of treason – the way Musharraf had pardoned Nawaz in 2001. With this pardon, Nawaz wanted to set a new precedence for the next generation of the army chiefs to avert any chances of military takeovers. Also, by pardoning Musharraf he would stand tall against the former dictator,” the source added.

NOT THE FIRST TIME:

This is not the first time that the Saudi king has come to Musharraf’s rescue. He had also invited Musharraf to meet him in London in 2009 on a special Saudi aircraft.

During the visit, the Saudi monarch had also hosted an official Iftar dinner for Musharraf, advising him not to return to Pakistan, warning him of the then Pakistan People’s Party (PPP)’s rulers’ ‘wrath’.

Before his final departure for Pakistan in 2012, Musharraf again visited King Abdullah and urged him to seek guarantees from Nawaz for his safety. At that time, King Abdullah had nothing much to offer but his advice to not return. Musharraf however ignored his advice and came to Pakistan.

‘MUSH WILL NOT RUN’:

Responding to the recent developments, All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) Information Secretary Aasia Ishaq told Pakistan Today, “Musharraf can die but will not leave Pakistan at any cost.”

“Though president Musharraf is hospitalised in AFIC and his condition is very serious, he will not leave Pakistan at any cost. He will prefer death over any forced exile as my leader is a brave man and he will not bow down to any backdoor conspiracy to shift him abroad in the name of treatment,” she asserted.

The APML information secretary said that Musharraf was ‘quite healthy’ till Wednesday evening but his health started deteriorating following the comments by the Islamabad High Court (IHC) judge the same day.

“Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui of IHC in a case for provision of security to former chief justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry had remarked that security was not being provided to the former CJP who had upheld the constitution while a person (read Musharraf) who had abrogated the constitution was being given high profile security at his farmhouse.

“These remarks made Musharraf worrisome and despite provision of medicines, his health situation did not improve,” she said, adding that such a ‘biased’ judiciary could not ensure provision of justice to Musharraf who had not been convicted in any case till date.

She deplored that the media was also biased against her leader and since Thursday morning, negative commentary was being run by TV channels and certain media houses were involved in nefarious propaganda against him.

34 COMMENTS

  1. @Pakistantoday – Please do not use word dictator for Musharraf. People want him back to get us rid off corrupt rulers. Under democracy people are dying oh hunger. Nation has seen Musharraf's golden era.

    • @ Munir
      The pseudo-intellectuals like you are ignorant of the dictionary. The dictionary meaning of Dictator is:
      "A dictator is a ruler who has complete power in a country, especially power which was obtained by force".
      Don't ignore the reality in your maniac love for the Dictator.

      • Hi,
        Lexicon,Democracy means 51% can rule 49% percent people,a goon ,a business men or a corrupt anti national can become a leader and a ruler who can bring in people of his choices or generals of choices regardless of capabilities.Democracy doesnt bring in Educated youth or efficient people who have no money to the rule.All illiterates,jobless,family tie holders,rogue and filthy rich can become a leader and a ruler.

        • Your self-righteous theory is an acknowledgement of the meaning of DICTATORSHIP.
          The meaning of Dictatorship remains the same & impartial historians will continue to write Musharraf as Dictator whether you like it or not!

      • Yes but in Pakistan the word dictator is used with a complete different meaning MR.DICTIONARY Bawahahahahah Lexicon my brown hairy a..

      • The only pseudo intellectual here is you. Who are you fooling Lexicon. Free media,boost in every institution and prosperity everywhere in the country and the decrease in poverty is dictatorship?

        You are a good example of people that follow words without any meaning.

        Nawaz Sharif hijacked Musharraf's plane when it was in the air you delusional person and he was sending it to India. How can he do that to a serving Chief Of The Army,that is why the institution reacted. Nawaz even wrote an apology letter to Musharraf,Nawaz knew the plane was low on fuel and with his attempt at hijacking it he could have killed Musharraf and 200 passengers had the plane not landed and had it run out of fuel. Stop spreading misconceptions and Yellow Journalism.

        Watch this!!!
        http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xzx4g5_down-the-

        You need the reality check and no one else.

    • The best period was of Ayub Khan when Roti costed one anna & there were 16 annas in a rupee not long ago.

  2. not be able to defend himself from judiciary while being in Pakistan,…..Fake complain,fake court.,fake judges ,fake justice…

  3. Although Nawaz Sharif has shown magnamity of heart and pardoned Musharraf for his rebellion & humiliation of his family members on 12th October 1999, yet the nature is doing justice to the dictator.

    • Nawaz Sharif hijacked Musharraf's plane when it was in the air you delusional person and he was sending it to India. How can he do that to a serving Chief Of The Army,that is why the institution reacted. Nawaz even wrote an apology letter to Musharraf,Nawaz knew the plane was low on fuel and with his attempt at hijacking it he could have killed Musharraf and 200 passengers had the plane not landed and had it run out of fuel. Stop spreading misconceptions and Yellow Journalism.

      Watch this!
      http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xzx4g5_down-the-

      You need the reality check and no one else.

  4. SADLY NO LAWYER,MEDIA IS GIVING ATTENTION TO THE FAC THAT NAWAZ SHARIF HAS NO CASE AGAINST AGAINST MUSHARRAF AND IF HE IS PART OF TREASON.HE
    FOUGHT 2008 ELECTION UNDER HIS PRESIDENCY,HIS MINISTERS TOOK OATH FROM MUSHARAF,DAR AND OTHER SHOULD BE TRIED FOR TREASON AND SO SHARIFS.THE WHOLE CASE IS INFRACTIOUS AND NO LOCUS STANDI

  5. The trial was over before it started. President Musharraf was to be the guilty party, irrespective of what collected evidence showed. This has been a trial orchestrated by our judiciary, the media and Sharif clan. Mr. Musharraf has no chance in court of law, they want revenge, Chaudary-style. The man who brought most development to the country is a ‘traitor’. Hell with ‘democracy’.

  6. A complete and utter joke, we have become because of these silly incompetent politicians and generals, wasting our resources and money which we don't have on these stupid games.

  7. Bring this Zaradari,his family to justice for memogate,loot and dynasty rule plus division of pakistan(zulfiqar bhutto who said u rule there and I ll rule here in 1971 eventhough mujiburrahman party got majority).Democracy brings corruption.loot,landlords and rich to power .Democratic leaders are goons who get the ticket and wins .They are either buzinessmen or landlords or dynasty descendents who wants to make a buziness and increase their assets and buziness once in power.Musharraf brought peace,development and improved the economy even though he did some mistakes under extreme pressure of the west.

  8. This is something I was thinking this morning when news channels were crying that ex-president is late. I was hoping that something big is going to happen. However, the connections with Saudi Arabia always protected ex-presidents from our courts. Nothing new for us!

  9. All these politicians,mainly the Sharifs are just dying for some pay back,what they seem to over look is the fact that they aren't the ones who get to decide what happens,the one who makes the decision is the one with the check book.Some of you morons can say what you want but if you idiots go back and do a little research,you willfind how Pakistan was thriving,there was surplus,Kashmir issue came oh so so close to getting resolved,media got their gig during Musharraf and so on.What did you get in the last 5 year for PPP,and so far from PML-N??? I'll let you answer it to yourself in private.Musharraf is not going any where,you need him,when will you get that thru your thick empty skull

  10. Keeping in view the glaring facts that whenever Musharraf was to appear in the Court, some explosive device was found near his house, although he had the privilege to be secured by 1200 Rangers guards. The people watched the drama on TV how Musharraf fled High Court in April2013.

    According to BBC report, Musharraf had already planned to go to Rawalpindi instead of going to the Court. The former Dictator is too scared from the Courts!

    The advance booking (PNR: HOQVSQ, PK-211) by Sehba Musharraf proves that everything in the drama was already planned, quite similar to hijacking drama of October 1999. The Dictator is good at creating dramas!

    Many of the Pakistani leaders have spent time in jail including Bhutto (PPP), Nawaz Sharif (PMLN), Javed Hashmi (PTI) etc etc.

    Going forward, it can easily be predicted that Sehba Musharraf has gone to General Retired Pasha (who is currently in the UAE, serving as Security Advisor) to request the Saudi King to use his influence for release of Pervez Musharraf.

    The Saudi Kingdom must not forget that the entire Pakistani nation is standing behind the court of law (for whose independence struggle was made by the media, lawyers & the civil society). Any foreign intervention to circumvent the legal proceeding will back-fire.

    • He never fled the high court the hearing was over and he simply. If he had to fly he would have left the country,as he wasn't on the ECL even at that time. Get real and stop spreading Yellow Journalism.

      It's because of people like you that our nation doesn't know the real facts and people don't respect real patriots like Pervez Musharraf.

      Have some shame.

  11. Mush madar…d ko janay do – zani hai, sharabi hai, buzdil hai, dar asal Sarah madar..d hain, janay do – serves you alright!!!!!!

    • You are naming out yourself,you seem to be everything that is mentioned above.

      Musharraf is a brave,honest and real leader. Shame on you for spreading yellow journalism.

  12. the court is made by ex Cj and NS.it is kangoo court .this can n"t give justice to Musharraf better to go to Dubai and serve ur mother who is ailing and need ur help.

  13. Dear King, please leave us alone! We want to implement Rule of Law in Pakistan.
    You will make 190 Million Pakistanis your opponents (& critics) if you try to meddle in the internal affairs of Pakistan.
    Unlike KSA, we have an independent judiciary, active civil society, vibrant electronic media and hyper-social media.
    Go away!!

    • Independent judiciary really!You mean the same judiciary who gets paid a ton of dollars from anti-Pakistani forces to speak against real patriots,who gave you the vibrant media,who now work for anti-Pakistani elements sadly?

      Hyper social media,or emotional and thoughtless social media that spreads yellow journalism?

      The same lawyers of the lawyers movement are now against Iftikhar Chaudhry.

      As for Nawaz.

      Nawaz Sharif hijacked Musharraf's plane when it was in the air you delusional person and he was sending it to India. How can he do that to a serving Chief Of The Army,that is why the institution reacted. Nawaz even wrote an apology letter to Musharraf,Nawaz knew the plane was low on fuel and with his attempt at hijacking it he could have killed Musharraf and 200 passengers had the plane not landed and had it run out of fuel. Stop spreading misconceptions and Yellow Journalism.

      Watch this!!!
      http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xzx4g5_down-the-

      You need the reality check and no one else.

  14. Musharraf period was far better then PPP and PML N .Just look at the condition of Law and order -inflation .We are with Musharraf

  15. Pervez Musharraf was not a Dictator. A true visionary that this thankless nation did not respect.

    Shame on our media and corrupt politicians for spreading lies about this wonderful,honest and patriotic man.

  16. Free media,boost in every institution and prosperity everywhere in the country and the decrease in poverty is dictatorship?

    You are a good example of people that follow words without any meaning.

    Nawaz Sharif hijacked Musharraf's plane when it was in the air you delusional person and he was sending it to India. How can he do that to a serving Chief Of The Army,that is why the institution reacted. Nawaz even wrote an apology letter to Musharraf,Nawaz knew the plane was low on fuel and with his attempt at hijacking it he could have killed Musharraf and 200 passengers had the plane not landed and had it run out of fuel. Stop spreading misconceptions and Yellow Journalism.

    Watch this: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xzx4g5_down-the-

    People need a reality check.

  17. In fact Nawaz has been trapped by the Indian Hindu Banias and made to invest his looted money from Pakistan in India and instal sugar mills. Now Nawaz is trying to please Indian Hindu Banias as thier agent, talking of trade with India, visa free borders and advocating in favour of Indians despite all their anti Pakistan activities. Humiliating Kargil Hero Musharraf, who had booted Indians is also part of his appeasement plan. This all is being done just to keep his sugar mills running in India.

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