Musharraf himself crossed LoC during Kargil mission

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Feb 022013
 

ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI - In an explosive revelation, Colonel (r) Ashfaq Hussain has accused former president General (r) Pervez Musharraf of aggression against India in 1999, saying the former army chief had himself crossed the Line of Control (LoC).
Hussain, in his book Witness to Blunder, said the Kargil mission was masterminded by Major General Javed Hassan, General Mehmood and General Aziz. “They made Musharraf agree to the plans which later led to a limited conflict between India and Pakistan,” he wrote. Hussain claimed Musharraf had himself crossed the LoC and spent a night on the Indian-controlled side. “On March 28, 1999 General Pervez Musharraf crossed 11 kms beyond the LoC on a helicopter and was escorted by Colonel Amjad Shabbir at a location named Zakriya Mustakar.” He wrote Pakistan began its operation in Kargil on December 18, 1998 when Captain Nadeem, Captain Ali and Hawaldaar Lalak Jaan crossed the LoC to carry out a recce. Continue reading »

Condoleezza Rice reveals all about Benazir-Musharraf NRO deal

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Dec 152011
 

The News report by Shaheen Sehbai

WASHINGTON: The big official secret of the NRO deal, brokered by the United States between then President Pervez Musharraf and Benazir Bhutto, has been revealed in full detail by its sponsor, the former US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, in her memoirs published here.

She admits everything and reveals all. In graphic detail, Condi has disclosed in her book, “No Higher Honor”, how she toiled for many sleepless nights to bring Musharraf and Benazir together in 2007. Continue reading »

Pakistan needs Government backed by military, bureaucracy

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Jul 172011
 

All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) Quaid Pervez Musharraf has said Pakistan is desperately in need of a democratic government that has support both from military and bureaucracy. Addressing the inaugural ceremony of APML office in Texas (USA), the APML Quaid in his inaugural address underscored that both PPP and PML-N has lost supporting hands from military and bureaucracy. He said that when he assumed power in 1999; the country was on the verge of bankruptcy but with day-in and day-out struggle of few years, Pakistan was enlisted among the 11 countries’ list with the fastest growth and progress ratio. Continue reading »

Don’t mess with Pakistan —By Pervez Musharraf

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Nov 162010
 

Sporadic and superficial global support has made Pakistanis feel dangerously betrayed

The world is watching Pakistan, and rightly so. It’s a happening place. Pakistan is at the center of geostrategic revolution and realignments. The economic, social and political aspirations of China, Afghanistan, Iran, and India turn on securing peace, prosperity, and stability in Pakistan. Our country can be an agent of positive change, one that creates unique economic interdependencies between central, west and south Asian countries and the Middle East through trade and energy partnerships. Or there’s the other option: the borderless militancy Pakistan is battling could take down the whole region.
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Pervez Musharraf most popular Pakistani leader on Facebook

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Jan 232010
 

* Zardari follows with Nawaz on third spot
* Bloggers believe key reason for ex-president’s popularity is his liberal ideology

By Afnan Khan

LAHORE: The face of Pakistani leadership may be entirely different now compared to a few years back but the Facebook fan club of former president General (r) Pervez Musharraf with over 100,000 fans shows that the former president still rules the roost, at least in the cyberworld, beating President Asif Ali Zardari’s page, which has over 86,000 fans.
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ISLAMABAD: PML-Q, MQM to shoot down anti-Musharraf resolution

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Aug 082009
 

By Tariq Butt
The Pakistan Muslim League (PML-Q) and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) are independently determined to scuttle the move to have a unanimous resolution passed by the National Assembly, seeking the trial of Pervez Musharraf on high treason charges.

“We will certainly not vote for this kind of resolution as Musharraf’s trial is not an issue on this occasion,” PML-Q President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain told The News. Continue reading »

Musharraf post-July 31 2009 —Dr Hasan-Askari Rizvi

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Aug 022009
 

Revenge appears to be a consideration for the demand from some political parties and political circles to put Pervez Musharraf on trial for high treason. Such negative sentiments tend to surface in Pakistani politics from time to time; in most cases this trend has had negative consequences for the political process

The Supreme Court announced a history-making judgement on July 31 which rejected the tradition of providing legal cover to the military’s assumption of power under the Doctrine of Necessity. The fourteen-member bench declared that General (retd) Pervez Musharraf’s decision to impose emergency and replace the Constitution with provisional constitutional order (PCO) on November 3, 2007 was illegal and unconstitutional. All actions taken by the Musharraf government during the emergency period — November 3-December 15, 2007 — have been knocked out. Continue reading »

US experts seek Musharraf’s opinion

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Dec 262008
 

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The policy experts from the Pakistan Policy Working Group, an independent bipartisan think-tank, met with Musharraf at the US embassy, according to the sources. The US experts, who are drawing policy lines related to Pakistan for the new administration, asked the former military ruler about his expert opinion over the current social, economic and political situation in South Asia. Continue reading »

Bomb shelter for Musharraf

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Dec 252008
 

By IRFAN BUKHARI

ISLAMABAD Former President General (r) Pervez Musharraf will shift to his personal residence at Chak Shahzad after the completion of a bomb-and-explosion-proof room in it, The Nation learnt reliably here on Wednesday.
Credible sources told The Nation that former President Pervez Musharraf, who is currently residing in Army House, Rawalpindi, would not shift to his personal residence at Chak Shehzad till the completion of bullet-and-shock-proof room, being specially built by a US company. Continue reading »

‘Rehman promised he will arrest Musharraf’

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Dec 222008
 

* Talal Bugti says his party will not accept settlers as locals
* Seeks end to military operation in Balochistan
By Muhammad Bilal

ISLAMABAD: Interior Adviser Rehman Malik has promised the government will arrest former president Pervez Musharraf for killing Baloch chieftain Nawab Akbar Bugti, Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) chief Talal Bugti said on Sunday. Continue reading »

Plot to kill Musharraf unearthed

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Dec 182008
 

By Amir Mir

LAHORE: In a sensational development, authorities have claimed busting a clandestine terror network set up by jailed killer of Daniel Pearl inside the Hyderabad Jail and the Sindh government has suspended senior police and jail officials after a large number of cell phones, SIMs and other equipment were recovered.
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I am staying in Pakistan, says Musharraf

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Dec 022008
 

By Daphne Barak

LONDON: “President would love to see you” I was told a rainy Sunday afternoon in London. I went to see Musharraf. Frankly, I was as intrigued to see him as he was intrigued to see me. It is very known that the late Benazir Bhutto was like a big sister to me, and I warned her not to go back to Pakistan. Funny enough—from different reasons—he did the same. Continue reading »

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