The United States today said it is taking seriously revelations by former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf that aid provided by America for the war against terrorism was diverted during his tenure to strengthen defences against India.
The Pakistani president asked his Iranian counterpart to convince the Indian leadership to solve the Kashmir issue on the basis of the 'wishes of the Kashmiri people'.
India and Pakistan were close to sealing an agreement on Kashmir and other contentious issues between the two countries when President President Pervez Musharraf was in power. "...I had told Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and he had agreed, of course. It was his turn to come to Pakistan and we had decided that if he comes and there is no signature on at least one out of those three, if not all the three, it would be a total flop and that must never happen," he said.
Pakistan-India bilateral relations remained frozen for the fourth year over the vexed Kashmir issue but analysts hope the strained ties could be repaired if Nawaz Sharif becomes the prime minister for a record fourth time in the general elections in February in the absence of his main challenger Imran Khan who is in jail in multiple cases.
F Michael Maloof, a former senior security policy analyst in defence secretary's office, said, "yet, the US reportedly cannot debrief Khan to do a threat assessment on the nuclear threat."
Brushing aside the demand for quitting the post of army chief, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has said his uniform is like a second skin, which he cannot remove.
Mujahideen, who were brought, trained and financed by the West to fight Soviet troops coalesced into Al-Qaida after the withdrawal of the invading [Soviet] troops, he said.
Ahead of his meeting with President George W Bush, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has urged the US to throw its weight behind the Indo-Pak peace process to ensure that it moved forward without interruption.
While former dictator Pervez Musharraf packs his bags to take a flight back home, his country is all ready to escort him straight to jail. Rediff.com's Amir Mir's analyses the volatile political scenario that Pakistan is staring at.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf met in Havana on Saturday raising hopes for the resumption of the bilateral dialogue process stalled in the wake of the July 11 blasts in Mumbai.
The Pakistani leader will also meet with other Chinese leaders during his visit starting from February 19 to 23, he told reporters at a bi-weekly news conference.
He said he has no plans to dissolve Parliament and provincial assemblies before completion of their tenures.
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on Monday supported the $ 4.1-billion Indo-Iran gas pipeline passing through his country, saying the pipeline was in the interest of both India and Pakistan.
Pakistan's Election Commission has put off a decision on recognising former President Pervez Musharraf's All Pakistan Muslim League party due to objections over its name and symbol. However, it has registered 14 new political parties.
Former President Pervez Musharraf said India "cannot dare cast an evil eye" on Pakistan as long as the armed forces are there to defend the country.
Musharraf claims the CIA made a secret payment to Pakistan for surrender of al Qaeda agents.
"On one side I am hopeful, while on the other Indians are giving negative signals. I am confused," he said in a wide-ranging interview to english daily 'The News'.
The father of the country's nuclear bomb had on Wednesday admitted leaking nuclear technology.
'If we don't resolve it by then, maybe we never will,' the Pakistan president told the Financial Times.
He was the heroic chief justice who refused to bow down to the all-powerful Gen Pervez Musharraf. But today, as his son is embroiled in a scam, the halo over Pakistan's Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry has slipped, reports Amir Mir
A Pakistani soldier convicted of taking part in a failed assassination plot against President Pervez Musharraf was hanged on Saturday, an official and military spokesman said.\n
"The system will ensure that the martial law is never imposed again in the country," he said, while addressing a gathering at the Student Convention in Islamabad on Saturday.
The Pakistan Peoples' Party-led coalition government has sent an unambiguous message to the United States that any mess with the newly elected democratic dispensation by President Pervez Musharraf will not be tolerated. The PPP leadership, however, held out a categorical assurance to the Bush administration that the new government would not create a situation leading to the unceremonious exit of Musharraf.
With the situation in Pakistan raising concerns, former military ruler Pervez Musharraf today said he would consider becoming President again if he could play a useful role in the post even as he ruled out joining any political party.
Among other things, he produced a copy of Singh's school report card.
They had trained Mohammed Jamil, the suicide bomber who carried out one of the attacks, according to investigators.
Former Pakistani premier Nawaz Sharif on Saturday said President Pervez Musharraf must be held accountable for all his actions as thousands of protestors gathered near Parliament in Islamabad to demand the restoration of judges sacked by the embattled ex-military ruler.
He said he would like to move forward the peace process with India especially on the "key dispute" of Kashmir at the meeting of the two leaders
Amir Mir, one of Pakistan's foremost investigative journalists, draws from personal anecdotes, meetings and off-the-record conversations with Benazir Bhutto to reconstruct her assassination in his book The Bhutto Murder Trail -- From Wazirstan to GHQ. Mir tells Rediff.com's Vicky Nanjappa that it becomes clear that Pervez Musharraf was in the know of the plot and the Pakistan establishment tried to stop Bhutto from returning to the country before getting her killed.
Pakistan Peoples Party co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari has reportedly decided to move an impeachment motion against President Pervez Musharraf immediately on his return from Saudi Arabia, a move that will force the President to quit rather than be thrown out.Local daily, The News, quoted sources as saying that the decision was conveyed by Zardari to all relevant foreign players, including the Saudis. Zardari had issued instructions to party leaders to start work.
The United States has refused to confirm or deny reports claiming Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has rebuffed top intelligence officials of the Bush administration, on proposed American operations inside Pakistan, including joint operations.
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