In a bid to capitalise on the Pakistan People's Party led government's dipping popularity due to its slow response to the catastrophic floods, former Pakistan president General Pervez Musharraf is likely to formally launch his party, the All Pakistan Muslim League (APML), next month.
The Musharraf episode in the recent history of the subcontinent has convinced many realists in India that the hope of establishing peace with Pakistan is like accepting a dinner invitation from cannibals and expecting to live to tell the tale, points out Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif's party has called Musharraf's bluff.
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has blamed former President General Pervez Musharraf for the current chaotic scenario in the country and said that he (Musharraf) had done 'colossal damage' to the long pending Kashmir issue.
Slain Baloch leader Nawab Akbar Bugti's son Jamil Akbar Bugti has filed a petition in the Sibbi district and sessions court seeking an order to register a case against former President General Pervez Musharraf and other senior officials in connection with his father's death.
'The deal between two individuals will not materialise unless it is expanded to all the major political parties on a specific national agenda.'
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf said on Thursday that general elections will be held by February 15.
Musharraf will have to strain every nerve to gain political traction in Pakistan
Sharif admitted in an interview with Sindhi TV channel that his decision to promote General Musharraf as Army chief, superseding other senior military generals, was a 'mistake.'
The former general blamed Pakistan's current leadership for the chaos. "Pakistan possesses extraordinary capabilities and the present leadership is responsible for country's current situation," Musharraf said.
The weekend army reshuffle is a clear sign that Musharraf will not step down as army chief in December, say analysts.
Will his calculation be proved right? Unlikely. He has created so many pockets of anger in Pakistan against himself and the US that it would be highly improbable that he would succeed in extinguishing the jihadi fire of his own creation. Musharraf proposes, bin Laden disposes. That may be the ultimate denouement in Pakistan.
Addressing a meeting on the subject of 'Leadership' at the House of Lords committee in London earlier this week, Musharraf said Kashmiri Mujahideen groups, that first came to the scene 20 years ago, enjoyed great support in Pakistan and the case is similar even now.
Pervez Musharraf, the architect of the Kargil War in 1999, loved his cricket.
In what may be seen as a strategic move to protect former Pakistan president General Pervez Musharraf from charges of high treason, senior British diplomat Mark Lyall Grant met top political leaders in Islamabad.According to sources, during his meeting with Zardari, Grant also called for expediting the trial of the accused in the Mumbai terror attacks, and provide New Delhi with some 'face saving' gesture so that the peace talks could resume.
Any weakening of army support would spell doom for Musharraf. The Pakistani army's image is much dented and it is doubtful if it can withstand a civil war with the Taliban.
Former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf's 'unofficial asylum' in London and the unprecedented privileges being received by him has come under the scanner, as a Labour peer has objected strongly against it.
Enthusiastic crowds thronged the lanes to catch a glimpse of the high-profile visitor. They interacted with her and showered her with gifts.
Talking to a private television channel, Musharraf said it was the oppression of Muslims in India by the Hindus, which forced the Pakistani youth to take up militancy and extremism and form terrorist groups such as the JeM.
Pakistan's High Commissioner to Britain Wajid Shams-ul- Hassan has termed former President General Pervez Musharraf's statement regarding misuse of United States' military aid as a 'foolish' comment, and has said that it could have a damaging effect on the country's image.
Former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf has said that former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's efforts to make peace with India at the cost of 'selling Kashmir' had resulted in the 1999 Kargil war.
Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, who is a 'proclaimed offender' in the Benazir Bhutto assassination case, on Wednesday announced that he will contest the upcoming general elections from Chitral, a constituency in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
As is clear to the West as well, Pakistan is at the crossroads.
'I always say the root cause is political disputes, poverty and illiteracy,' the Pakistan President tells ABC.
Pakistan's former interior minister Major General Naseerullah Babar denies a rediff.com column.
With the expiry of the two-year political ban on him, former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf has started consultations with his close aides to announce his comeback in the country's politics.
Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf is planning to attack Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry again with the active support of Benazir Bhutto and covert support of the United States. High level meetings are going on in Islamabad in the last two days to chalk out a new strategy against Justice Chaudhry who is becoming a real threat to the Musharraf-Benazir understanding by puncturing the presidential ordinance through which PPP leaders were granted amnesty.
Musharraf's problems keep multiplying, and as elections approach, he finds himself fighting for his political survival. But generals do not let go of power easily. Their instinct is to cling on at all costs.
The man Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is shaking hands with is Maulana Fazlur Rahman, one of Pakistan's hardline Opposition leaders, and one of those who often gives General Pervez Musharraf sleepless nights.
The president also said that he would resign as and when he felt the nation did not require him any longer.
Former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf has refused to comment on the Supreme Court's verdict declaring his November 3, 2007 actions 'extra-judicial, illegal and unconstitutional'.Musharraf, who is currently in Italy, said he would comment on the verdict only after he himself read the apex court's judgment. Saudi Arabia's Ambassador to Pakistan Abdul Aziz Bin Ibrahim said that his country would consider giving political asylum to Musharraf if he asks for it.
'It is very troublesome. It is a precarious situation. Musharraf is not a wonderful leader. He has done a lot of bad things. There is a dangerous radical element within Pakistan. I think there is a smart path for America on this, understanding how volatile the situation is,' Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards said on CNN's Late Edition programme.
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