On a day Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina flew to New Delhi for summit level talks, a minister Sunday repeated the charge that there was ‘clear evidence’ Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf met Indian militant Anup Chetia during an official visit here in 2002.
Local Government Minister and Awami League General Secretary Syed Ashraful Islam Sunday said [...]
On the eve of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s trip to New Delhi, a Bangladesh minister has alleged that then Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf met an Indian militant during an official visit here.
The alleged meeting with United Liberation Front of Asom (Ulfa) leader Anup Chetia, facilitated by the then government of prime minister Khaleda Zia, took [...]
Islamabad, Dec. 7 (ANI): Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf did not consult with the corps commanders before allowing US forces to use Pakistani airports, a retired Pakistan Army general has alleged.
The Dawn quoted former Chief of General Staff, Lt-Gen (retd) Shahid Aziz, as saying that Musharraf had not taken corps commanders into confidence before giving [...]
Lahore, Nov 9 (ANI): Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has insisted that all of his actions as president were constitutional and validated by the Supreme Court, and had been taken to establish democracy in the country.
In an interview with a TV channel in Washington, Musharraf said Taliban leader Mullah Omar had never been to [...]
New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) Amid concerns in India over continuing American aid to Pakistan, former US president George W. Bush Saturday said it was in New Delhi’s interest that Washington has ‘a friendship’ with Islamabad.
‘It is in India’s interest that the US has a friendship with Pakistan,’ Bush said at the Hindustan Times Leadership [...]
Washington, Oct.25 (ANI): The US State Department has clarified that former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf’s meeting with some officials of the Obama Administration has ‘no significance’.
Addressing a media briefing here, US State Department spokesperson Ian Kelly said Washington considered Musharraf as a private citizen, and therefore any contact with him would also be of a [...]
Lahore, Oct.25 (ANI): Notwithstanding the massive discontent he had to face over his dubious decision of promulgation of the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO), former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has said that all political parties were taken on board by him before taking that action.
Musharraf told a private television channel that the basic purpose of the [...]
Lahore, Oct. 20 (ANI): A probe team has been formed to investigate former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf’s role in the murder of Baloch leader, Akbar Bugti.
The News quoted RPO Sibbi and Naseerabad as saying, that the probe team will examine the murder site of Akbar Bugti in the initial phase of the investigation.
Later, it will [...]
New York, Oct. 20 (ANI): Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has said the South Waziristan offensive was ‘very much needed’ in order to flush out the Taliban.
“I support what the government and the army are doing to eliminate terrorism and extremism,” Musharraf said at a dinner hosted by the Pakistani-American community in New York.
The [...]
Houston (US), Oct. 13 (ANI): Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has warned the United States that it should not try to “micromanage” Pakistan’s anti-terrorism efforts against the Taliban.
“Don’t get into micromanaging how Pakistan works because we know how to do it better than you,” the Daily Times Quoted Musharraf, as saying.
Musharraf said that while [...]
Washington, Oct 5 (IANS) Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf says it would be ‘disastrous’ for the United States to pull out of Afghanistan now, according to a media report.
The Americans need to prepare for the likelihood that more US troops will be needed in Afghanistan and that they will be there many years, he told [...]
Lahore, Oct.1 (ANI): Unperturbed by the volley of cases being lodged against him for imposing emergency in the country in November 2007, former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has said that he would defend himself in Pakistani courts.
A private television channel quoted Musharraf, as saying that he was ready to face all charges leveled against him.
Former [...]
Washington, Sep 17 (IANS) The United States sold arms worth $4.5 billion to Pakistan between 2005 and 2008, says a Congressional report even as Washington has expressed concern about reported diversion of military equipment away from the war on terrorism to fight India.
An updated Congressional report released last month says Washington signed arms transfer agreements [...]
New Delhi, Sep.14 (ANI): Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor on Monday said he was not surprised by former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf’s admission that the military aid the U.S. gave to Pakistan was used to strengthen defences against India rather than fighting the war on terror on Pakistan’s borders with Afghanistan.
Speaking [...]
Washington, Sep. 11 (ANI): In order to gather facts and collect evidence, the United Nations team probing the Benazir Bhutto murder case will visit London and Washington within the next couple of weeks.
According to the Daily Times, the UN commission would visit New Scotland Yard to study a report prepared by British investigators claiming that [...]
Islamabad, Sep 7 (ANI): Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf would actively participate in politics after November 30 when a two-year constitutional bar on him holding public office comes to an end, according to a former minister.
Addressing reporters in Islamabad, former federal minister and central leader of the PML-Q, Chaudhry Shahbaz, said on Sunday that [...]
Lahore, Sep 7 (ANI): Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has said that his recent meeting with Saudi King Abdullah was a success.
“I was accorded full protocol during my visit to Saudi Arabia to meet King Abdullah, I deem him as my elder brother and can contact him whenever I want,” a private TV channel quoted [...]
Jeddah, Sep.3 (ANI): Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has denied reports that his Saudi Arabia visit was aimed at requesting clemency from being tried under high treason charges, saying he ‘asked nothing’ for himself during his meeting with King Abdullah.
Talking to people representing the Pakistani community here before leaving for London, Musharraf said he discussed [...]
Islamabad, Aug. 28 (ANI): Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has cleared all the outstanding electricity dues of his Chak Shahzad farm house.
Pakistan National Assembly Standing Committee on Water and Power was informed here on Thursday that Musharraf paid 480, 910 rupees to clear the fine imposed by the [...]
Islamabad, Aug. 8 (ANI): Although all the political parties in Pakistan have demanded the prosecution of former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf for violating the country’s constitution in 2007, but none except the PML-N are willing to bring the resolution to parliament for his trial.
“We do not want politics of revenge. We want politics of reconciliation. [...]
