He is alive caz he doesnt come out of his mouse hole.
One visit to NWFP or...a public appearance in Punjab , Balochistan or Sind would be enough and he'll be history. He spends most of his time in high security army house and often is outside Pakistan.
His days in Pakistan are numbered. Rumors have it that he has already left Pakistan
Lahore, Karachi, Rawalpindi, Islamabad & Murree where these are located, he often travel to these cities, his daughter works in Karachi as architect from the time when he was Army Chief.
As far as his running concerned, the only thing he want before he left the President post was to live in Pakistan. I wonder where his Turkish Island goes, maybe they were brain farts of Insaar Abbasi :)