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15 Jan 2012 Musharraf open to alliance with Imran Khan, but says won’t serve under him – IBN Live

New Delhi: Former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf revealed on Friday that he was open to an alliance with Pakistan Tehreek-i Insaaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan, however, adding that he would not “work under him”. Musharraf was speaking to Karan Thapar on Devil’s Advocate when he made the comments. Speaking from Dubai, he said Pakistan needed a third political option when asked whether alliance with Imran Khan was a possibility.

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13 Jan 2012

WOLF BLITZER, HOST, CNN’S THE SITUATION ROOM: And you’re in the SITUATION ROOM. Happening now –  Pervez Musharraf survived four assassination attempts. Now, he’s risking another. I’ll ask the ousted Pakistani president about his dangerous plans for a comeback.  BRIAN TODD, CNN CORRESPONDENT: It could cost him, Wolf. As you know, Pervez Musharraf survived at least four assassination attempts while he was in power. He’s taking a huge risk now, and it may not even pay off, because things are very different now in Pakistan from the time he left. READ TRANSCRIPT of Interview below …

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8 January 2012

President Musharraf WordPress CONGRATULATES APML on its Successful Jalsa in Karachi !

 

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8 January 2012

A Jalsa for President Musharraf organized by APML in Karachi ! Congratulations! General Musharraf announced he would return to Karachi, somewhere in between 27 th to 30 th January 2012 !

 

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6 Jan 2012 – Relations with Israel could help Pakistan, says former President Musharraf

In his first interview with an Israeli newspaper, former president Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan tells Haaretz about Pakistan-U.S. relations, Iran’s nuclear ambitions, and how he would solve the Arab-Israeli conflict.

LONDON – We are seven minutes early. The woman accompanying me, who has helped set up the interview, suggests we remain seated in her chauffeured car outside the entrance, right off Hyde Park, and wait. Two minutes pass. Three. We both look at our watches. Four. We sit. “The General is very punctual,” she explains. “It would not be right to show up early.”

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News on Gulf News and Pictures Courtesy: Long Live Musharraf

Dubai: In what appears to be a surprising move, former president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf has decided to return to Pakistan earlier than he had announced due to the fast-changing political scene in the country. According to one of his aides, Musharraf will fly back to Pakistan on January 31, 2012, instead of March 23 as was announced by him in a press conference in Dubai earlier this year. A deepening political crisis and the sharp increase in popularity of Imran Khan in Pakistan have ostensibly prompted Musharraf to take this decision. Meanwhile, a senior Pakistan government official has revealed to Gulf News that the Pakistani authorities have clearly conveyed to Musharraf the threats to his life in case of his return.

“We advised him to stay out of the country because there are threats to his life not only from extremist groups but also others who don’t want to see him in Pakistan,” the official said. Former prime minister Benazir Bhuatto, who was assassinated on her return from Dubai in 2007, also faced similar threats and warnings before her return but it was Musharraf, in power at the time, who had warned her. Musharraf, however, has rubbished these threats and is determined to go back. He will be on a tour of the UK, US and Saudi Arabia for the next month to ensure guarantees for his safe return and the launch of his political campaign to contest the next elections.

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Pervez Musharraf on ARY’s 11th Hour with Waseem Badami – 30th Nov 2011

Reuters – A senior Pakistani army official has said a NATO cross-border air attack that killed 24 soldiers was a deliberate, blatant act of aggression, hardening Pakistan’s stance on an incident that could hurt efforts to stabilize Afghanistan. Continuing that angry tone, Major General Ishfaq Nadeem, director general of military operations, said NATO forces were alerted they were attacking Pakistani posts but helicopters kept firing, “Detailed information of the posts was already with ISAF (International Security Assistance Force), including map references, and it was impossible that they did not know these to be our posts.  The helicopters appeared near the post around 15 to 20 minutes past midnight, opened fire, then left about 45 minutes later, Nadeem was quoted as saying. They reappeared at 0115 local time and attacked again for another hour, he said. Nadeem said that, minutes before the first attack, a U.S. sergeant on duty at a communications centre in Afghanistan told a Pakistani major that NATO special forces were receiving indirect fire from a location 15 km (9 miles) from the posts.

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25 October 2011 – Former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf spoke about Pakistan, regional security and terrorism in a presentation at Washington College Monday, Oct. 24 at 5:30 p.m. in Decker Theatre, Gibson Center for the Arts. Musharraf’s Oct. 24 visit to Chestertown stemmed from his personal acquaintance with Washington College professor of political science and international studies Tahir Shad. The talk was sponsored by the Program in Islamic Turkish and Near Eastern Studies of the Institute for Religion, Politics and Culture and was free and open to the public, as well as streaming live to the world over the Internet.

 

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27 September 2011

Excellent analysis by Former President Musharraf and Political Analyst Hasan Nisar. Pakistan’s position with respect to recent US aggression. China and Saudi Arabia’s role in balancing and defusing the tension. Musharraf’s endorsement of PTI and Imran Khan, as untested politician.

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6 September 2011

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27 September 2011 - Expressing displeasure with the incomplete party structure, former president General (r) Pervez Musharraf has cautioned his the office-bearers of his All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) to streamline party affairs by October. Party sources said the APML chief, who tried to find a way back to power corridors in Pakistan by forming a political party, had been very disappointed with the performance of his stalwarts, who had failed to complete party organisational structure even after hefty investment of time and money.

They said a meeting of APML big wigs held under the chairmanship of party chief Musharraf in Dubai on September 17 and 18 reviewed the party’s performance regarding its membership and organisational structure and Musharraf’s return to Pakistan on March 23 next year.

Musharraf expressed his complete dissatisfaction over the performance of the party stalwarts in Pakistan. The bogus statements of APML leaders about the completion of party organisation further angered Musharraf, who blasted General Secretary Barrister Saif and spokesman Fawad Ch for poor performance. Musharraf also expressed his annoyance with the Chief Coordinator of APML Ch Shahbaz who had showed little interest in party affairs.

Insiders said the party chief also expressed displeasure over sidelining sincere party workers by establishing monopoly by the top office-bearers.

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11 September 2011

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July 2011

Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars

The State of the U.S.-Pakistan Relationship: A Discussion with Pervez Musharraf 

Pervez Musharraf talking to the media in New York

Pervez Musharraf Addresses APML New York

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Quaid -e- APML President Pervez Musharraf in an exclusive interview with PJ Mir at ARY NEWS on June 24, 2011 and June 25, 2011.

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 Pervez Musharraf

Pakistan’s decision to join the US and the Coalition in Afghanistan in their attack on the Taliban remains a subject of intense debate. This is the decision we took after a thorough, deliberate and realistic appraisal of the obtaining geo-strategic realities, but it has drawn criticism and praise alike. With the latest upsurge in terrorist activity in Pakistan, the debate on the post-9/11 response of Pakistan has intensified. I, therefore, thought it my duty to lay bare facts in front of the people of Pakistan, so that with all the necessary information they could judge the situation more accurately. The decision of my government was indeed based on, and in conformity with, my slogan of ‘Pakistan First’.

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26 May 2011

FULL VIDEO  at CNN

 

PIERS MORGAN: Pakistan is one of the United States’ most crucial allies in the war on terror. But now there are tough questions on both sides about that relationship. Joining me now, the one time, perhaps future president of Pakistan, General Pervez Musharraf. Mr. President, thank you for joining me.

PERVEZ MUSHARRAF, FORMER PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN: Thank you.

MORGAN: Quite clearly, there is a problem in the relationship between America and Pakistan right now. A lot of it centers around the discovery that Osama bin Laden was living right in the middle of what appeared to be a intelligence compound for all this time. How would you describe the relationship as it stands?

MUSHARRAF: There certainly is a trust deficit, but it has been persisting since the last one year. Not because of OBL alone — Osama alone. There were incidents of mistrust in the past. Therefore, the final culmination was this, that there was total mistrust, and therefore Pakistan was not even told. And as people take it, there was a violation of Pakistan’s sovereignty. Therefore, it has led to a lot of more misunderstanding. I think — which is extremely detrimental to the cause of fighting against terror.

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13 Videos and 6 interviews, of General Musharraf, posted in this article

Pervez Musharraf on Facebook, “The accusation of my having allowed intrusion into Pakistan by US forces chasing Osama Bin Laden is absolutely baseless. Never has this subject even been discussed between myself and President Bush leave aside allowing such freedom of action that would violate our sovereignty.”

Former President General (retired) Pervez Musharraf called the operation by US forces to kill al Qaeda leader and 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad near Islamabad a violation of Pakistani sovereignty.  ”America coming to our territory and taking action is a violation of our sovereignty. Handling and execution of the operation (by US forces) is not correct. The Pakistani government should have been kept in the loop,” Musharraf told CNN-IBN in an exclusive interview. ”Foreign troops crossing the border into Pakistan will not be liked by the people of Pakistan. US forces should not have crossed over into Pakistan,” he said.

General Musharraf on OBL, Guardian report, 911, Indian aggression of PAK airspace v/s USA violation

 General Musharraf: US Strike on Osama Violated Pakistan’s National Soverenighty – IBN Live

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13 March 2011

Pervez Musharraf and Wife in Reema Show Part 01/03

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11 May 2011 – ABC NEWS

CUOMO: So let’s get right to it. Intelligence now suggests that OBL had been in this compound for at least 5 to 6 years. That would put him in the compound while you were president. So I ask you, how could you not have known that OBL was somewhere so easy to find?

MUSHARRAF: Well, it is indeed a big, uh, blunder. It’s a big slip up for the intelligence, but I really doubt (inaudible) is clear. It doesn’t appeal to my logic. And you say, I mean how come so many people around the house who all recognize OBL, it’s a household name everywhere in most of the world, how come they didn’t know OBL was there? So this is a very nagging doubt in my mind. That this isn’t logically possible.

CUOMO: Well, two things. On the logic of it Mr. President, two things for you to put into your thinking. One, they have video excerpts of OBL making tapes, practicing for tapes, that put him in the same room over that period, that helps develop the understanding that he was there, and why do you assume that people would have said anything if they knew he were there? That’s the big doubt whether the Pakistani people and intelligence were willing to out OBL

MUSHARRAF: Well, let me tell you where he was. This city, Abbattabad, I know very well. People there are not at all pro-Taliban or pro-al Qaeda. They are not the religious extremist kind. I am very sure that people would have indicated that he was there. Uh, this is not the tribal agency(??) of Pakistan. And the people here, I know, are very very different. But ethnically, they distinguish themselves from the Pashtoons very, very much.

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26 April 2011

Former military ruler Pervez Musharraf denied he had cut an overt or covert deal with the United States, allowing CIA drone attacks against so-called Taliban sanctuaries in Pakistan’s tribal regions. Read below….

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17 April 2011 – Former President General Musharraf says that he would definitely return to Pakistan and did not fear going to jail, but “I am waiting for the proper time”.

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28 March 2011

BBC LINK

Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf claims “good dictatorship is better than bad democracy” as he discussed uprisings across the Middle East. The London-based politician told Anita Anand of democracy in his home country, and the warrant out for his arrest there – and also the allied action in Libya, where he said “the endgame is not clear”.

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24 March 2011

You are planning a return to Pakistan to run again for President, a job you left in 2008. Why?
For the sake of Pakistan. I am very comfortable. I go around the world lecturing, and they pay me well. But there is a cause bigger than the self. I governed the country for nine years — successfully. So I don’t have to reinvent the wheel. And I know Pakistan is suffering. I know there is a vacuum of leadership. Therefore the cause of Pakistan pulls me toward my destiny. Maybe it’s a call of destiny much more for the nation than for myself.

You stepped down at the behest of the people. We’ve also seen Tunisia’s Zine el Abidine Ben Ali and Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak step down at the people’s demand. How would you advise Muammar Gaddafi?
I would like to seriously object to the comparison. I left peacefully through my own volition. So please don’t compare me to those two. However, you have spoken about Gaddafi. The will of the people should reign supreme. It’s almost a civil war there. A political situation must be found.

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23 Jan 2011

Musharraf says blasphemy law cannot be changed

16 Jan 2011 (Reuters) – Former president Pervez Musharraf said on Sunday that Pakistan‘s blasphemy laws could not  be changed, but that the man who killed the governor of Punjab province over his opposition to them must be punished. Musharraf, who is planning to return to Pakistan to fight elections due by 2013, also said he was open to any coalition partners who wanted to join him, and described the MQM as “a good party” with whom he had no differences of opinion. He said blasphemy was an extremely sensitive issue for the people of Pakistan. “Therefore doing away with the blasphemy law is not at all possible and must not be done,” he told Reuters.

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15 Jan 2011

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14 Jan 2011

 Former President Pervez Musharraf has said that he firmly believes that country’s army will support him once he returns to the country because he has served that institution for over 35 years. Talking to Wajahat Khan at “Ikhtalaf”, an Aaj News programme, on Friday, he reiterated his plan about his return to the country, saying that he would definitely go to Pakistan and try to win next elections there as he was wants to play his role in the country’s politics and take the country out of challenges it is facing today.

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8 January 2011

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by Pervez Musharraf on Saturday, 01 January 2011

DEMOCRACY is an obsession with the West. Perhaps, rightly so because after the failure of communism and socialism, democracy has emerged as the only successful form of government.

 However, when one looks around in the Third World which is experimenting with democracy, one sees an unacceptable manifestation of the same — a democratically elected government is in place but taking the country towards disaster. Therefore, clearly, politics/democracy needs to be reconciled with national security — progress/development of the state and welfare/wellbeing of its people.

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20 December 2010

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Watch Anurradha Prasad in Aamne Samne on NEWS 24 with General Pervez Musharraf

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Written by former President of Pakistan, General Pervez Musharraf

15 December 2010

Historical background: Events in Afghanistan took a turn in 1979 with the invasion of the country by the Soviet  Union. The Soviets were challenged through a jihad, launched by the Afghans supported by America and Pakistan. The jihad was strongly reinforced by mujahideen, encouraged and brought from all over the Muslim world and also by the Taliban from the madrassas of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. It was spearheaded by various religious militant groups and, thus, we saw the introduction of religious militancy in the region which continued for ten long years. The year 1989 saw the defeat of the Soviet Union and its eviction from Afghanistan.

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9 October 2010

London:  Speaking exclusively to NDTV’s Group Editor Barkha Dutt, former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf has  said that there is great public support in Pakistan for groups like the Laskhar-e-Toiba, but these groups were not raised during his tenure.

Barkha Dutt: General Musharraf, one thing, I think, that your fiercest critics will grant you, is that you have always been someone who has been willing to take chances, who has been willing to think unconventionally. Do we take your decision to launch a political party at this stage, when many believe that you cannot ever return to Pakistan – to be one such example of President Musharraf, old style, taking chances?

Pervez Musharraf: No. I would say I believe in the Napoleonic theory of decision-making, which is, two-third of any decision is calculation, and analysis, and data inputs, one third is always a leap in the dark. So any leader – anyone who tries to increase the two third, is not a leader. He suffers from paralysis through analysis. And anyone who will try to increase the one third is impulsive. I am not impulsive. I calculate, analyse, get all the inputs, but I am prepared to take the risks in the leap in the dark of the one-third. People who don’t take all the risks are no leaders. So I would say that I have made all the calculations, and I personally think that there is a fair chance of doing something good for Pakistan. I am not doing anything for myself. I am very happy. I am doing my lecture tours, I go all over the world, I am coming very soon to Delhi. Yes, indeed. Just now I am coming from Hong Kong, Stockholm, and then back here. I am now going to United States, and the Canada, and then to Nigeria. So I have no problems. But I am doing something from Pakistan. But then I analyse, can I do something for Pakistan? Is the environment right? I think the environment is right, and I think I can. The two-thirds calculation tells me that. But the one-third is a chance and it’s a gut reaction, it’s my sixth sense, and it’s better to try and fail rather than not try at all.

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1st October 2010

Launching Ceremony of All Pakistan Muslim League

LONDON: Former President General (rtd) Pervez Musharraf on Friday formally announced his new political party “All Pakistan Muslim League” (APML). Musharraf told hundreds of cheering supporters in London and in Karachi, that the best way to deal with Pakistan’s political and economic troubles is to bring his party to power. He said that there is a need to “bring all patriotic people under one flag — that flag should be All Pakistan Muslim League.”  Musharraf admitted that mistakes were committed during his government and sought apology from the nation for the same. “All Pakistan Muslim League to wage jihad against poverty and illiteracy,” he vowed, adding that the time for talks is over and now it is time to act. He invited all Pakistanis to come forward and join hands with APML and strengthen it. He said that his party manifesto will be governed by the Holy Quran, Quaid-e- Azam’s 11 August 1947 Constituent Assembly address and 12 April 1949 Objective Resolution by Liaquat Ali Khan. He described nepotism and corruption as the biggest curse for any society and vowed to rid the country of the same. “Internal and external threats will be dealt with strongly and the fight against terrorism will continue till the elimination of this scourge.” He said that annual GDP growth will be increased to over 6 percent and recalled that 8 percent growth rate was achieved during his government. “I believe in freedom of media and will support it thoroughly…only those are afraid of media who have got dirty laundry to hide,” Musharraf stated. ”Today I announce starting my political career and joining All Pakistan Muslim League. I want to begin my political career with clean slate.”

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