Well, first of all when a person says previous government than it means the one that preceded present government, not one before that. Previous government before present government was caretaker government, not Shaukat Aziz government.
As for what Musharraf said, the article mentions it under inverted comma. But as you can see, News did not put that statement in inverted comma. On the other hand, the actual statement of President that followed is unrelated. Hence, it shows that News has fabricated that statement and tried to give impression as if Musharraf has said that. Here is the statement: One in blue is what Musharraf said and not one in black, As both statements is part of same paragraph, it should be related but it is not. From article:
Hence, it is clear that Liars of ‘The News’ took Musharraf statement that … his policies and steps should be viewed in the backdrop of circumstances that existed in the country at a critical point in time in the past … as if Musharraf is saying that … he is not responsible for the economical crisis confronting the country and that previous government may be held responsible … even though both statements are completely unrelated.