Conditional offer..but says he is certainly looking into it. I saw the interview on Sky and he said something to the effect that the best way is to have elections and transfer power to the elected reps. He might resign after that.
Not gonna make any comment but certainly interesting news.
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Are you trying to be sarcastic?
He said , "bad-amni" khatam ho gi tu chala jaooN ga.
Na 9 man teel ho ga, Na raadha nachey gi
Re: Musharraf Quitting?
Are you trying to be sarcastic?
He said , "bad-amni" khatam ho gi tu chala jaooN ga.
Na 9 man teel ho ga, Na raadha nachey gi
Exactly, and on 9th he will impose Martial Law and enjoy his dinner at White House.
Re: Musharraf Quitting?
Are you trying to be sarcastic?
He said , "bad-amni" khatam ho gi tu chala jaooN ga.
Na 9 man teel ho ga, Na raadha nachey gi
Nope. Watch the video from 5:57 to 6:20.
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Nothing new here, he's only playing with words, as usual.
Re: Musharraf Quitting?
its like all other dictators of Pakistan in past.
I know people hate me and I have ruined the country during my rule, but I won't leave no matter what.
P.S: I will only be ousted with a kick, since nobody in the country has 'kick', I am here to stay.
Just in case, those who has not seen the video about nation's dire situation and being 'kickless' watch on utube..... "Ek Saala General"
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For those of you who can’t read Urdu, here is another link.
** Pakistan leader to quit army this month**
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan - President Gen. Pervez Musharraf said Wednesday he expects to step down as army chief by the end of November and begin a new presidential term as a civilian, warning that Pakistan risked chaos if he gave into opposition demands to resign.
In an interview with The Associated Press, he accused former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, currently under house arrest, of fueling political turmoil and rejected Western pressure to quickly lift emergency rule, which he indicated was likely to continue through the January elections.
**“I take decisions in Pakistan’s interest and I don’t take ultimatums from anyone,” he said at his army office.
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Eleven days after imposing the emergency rule that has drawn widespread condemnation at home and abroad, Musharraf was in an affable but sometimes defensive mood.
“All those who are blunt enough to tell me to my face what the reality is, all of them think, yes, it will lead the country to chaos if I do not handle the political environment now with me remaining as the president,” he said.
He lashed out at Bhutto — a political rival but one who shares his pro-Western outlook — saying there was now an “acute trust deficit” between them.
He said she was overplaying her popularity in Pakistan and thought it unlikely she could become prime minister for a third time by winning the elections, but left open the door for working with her if she did.
“If she does become the prime minister, we will see. I do function with everyone. I’m quite good at functioning with people. It depends on her if she wants to be on a confrontational course or a conciliatory one,” he said.
Bhutto said it was likely her party would boycott the elections — a threat already made by other opposition parties, including that of Nawaz Sharif, whose elected government was ousted in Musharraf’s 1999 coup. Together Bhutto and Sharif could form a powerful opposition bloc against the general.
Musharraf said he was concerned about the threat of a boycott, but said he thought it unlikely and urged opposition parties against it.
“They must not boycott and I don’t think they’re going to boycott,” he said.
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US and UK make announcements for public consumption
And media makes it much worse than it is:
Here is what Musharraf said to Alex crawford:
But let me say, I feel more let down, not by the governments because I know how they feel, I have spoken to so many world leaders, so many world leaders have rung me up. So you don't know what they have told me, ok?
Now, **I am disappointed and let down by the media. **Let me put it very bluntly. It is the media which is creating negative vibes on the terrorist front because how you report what you do, encourages, makes heroes of terrorists and lets down those who are fighting against terrorists. I'm talking of the Western media as well as parts of Pakistani media. You distort sometimes without knowing, maybe it is unintentional, in many cases, several cases that I know there are people who intentionally distort to let down somebody. There is, in Pakistan at least, there is a political element involved. So therefore my disappointment and dismay is that we may ultimately lose this battle against terrorism because of the way the media projects the counter-terrorism war. That is my inner feeling.
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It was his normal me, me and me.
True to his motto: Sub say pehley Kursi.
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“Iska (Mushy) haal bohaat bura hona hai”. My father used to say. After reading this, I think I now what he meant.
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"I take decisions in Pakistan's interest and I don't take ultimatums from anyone," he said at his army office.
I am sure he is referring to local politicians... and not international ;)
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For the topic... has he been diagnosed with terminal cancer (ending in a month or so)? why is he quitting?