Soon after the court order, Musharraf's security team quickly rushed him out of the courtroom to his black SUV without being stopped.
Musharraf said the remarks were made by someone else in his presence and not by him.
Former President Pervez Musharraf has acknowledged his regime secretly cleared United States drone strikes, becoming the first serving or retired Pakistani official to publicly admit that the country had a deal on attacks by the CIA-operated spy planes.
Pakistan President Gen. Pervez Musharraf expressed hope that India will resume its cricketing ties with Pakistan with their scheduled visit in 2003.
Pakistan's Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar has called for a 'composite dialogue' with India to address the contentious issues between the two sides.
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf will pay a six-day state visit to China from April 10, his first foreign trip since the new coalition government took over, during which several bilateral agreements are expected to be signed. New Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and Defence Minister Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar will accompany Musharraf during the visit. It will also be the first trip abroad by the new ministers.
Who is telling the truth -- Musharraf in his book in which he claimed that Nawaz was on board or General Kiani, who claims that Nawaz was informed in passing after the Pakistan army had moved into the Kargil heights?
The profound significance of the events of the past week lies in that the struggle for civilian supremacy has truly begun in Pakistan and its consequences are going to be far-reaching for India-Pakistan relations, says M K Bhadrakumar.
Asked by Wilson Center president Jane Harmon, a former nine-term US lawmaker, if he bore any responsibility for the negligence or the complicity when bin Laden moved to Abbottabad since "most people believe the residence was built and constructed" during his presidency, Musharraf said, "Whether one believes it or not, let me say with confidence, I did not know."
Some promises made in Benazir Butto's new manifesto strike at the very root of Musharraf's power base while others -- including handing over control of the Military Initelligence and the nuclear arsenal to the prime minister -- go even beyond that.
Before their meeting, Manmohan Singh had said that his meeting with the Pakistani president would be an essay in mutual comprehension.
Addressing the caretaker Cabinet led by Prime Minister Mohammedmian Soomro at his camp office in Rawalpindi near Islamabad, Musharraf said the government's priority should be the holding of "free, fair and transparent elections and the peaceful transfer of power to the elected government."
Koizumi, who arrived in Islamabad from New Delhi on a two-day visit, held two-hour-long one-to-one meeting with Musharraf during which a host of issues, including Pakistan's commitment to the India-Pak peace process, figured.
The hardline faction of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference, however, said it was no permanent solution to the Kashmir issue.
Exact dates and progamme of the visit have not yet been finalised, a foreign ministry spokesman said in Islamabad.
The ceremony was attended by former Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, members of his Cabinet, National Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Amir Hussain, governors and provincial chief ministers, services chiefs, senators, federal secretaries, political leaders, diplomats and high civil and military officials.
Embattled former Pakistani dictator General Pervez Musharraf on Friday failed to appear before a special court for his indictment in the high treason trial citing security concerns.
Former premier Benazir Bhutto was assassinated by Taliban, a chargesheet filed by Pakistani investigators to an anti-terrorism court has said, while giving clean chit to former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf of any involvement in the case.
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.
An arrest warrant issued for former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf by an anti-terrorism court in connection with the Benazir Bhutto assassination case will remain valid till its compliance, the Interpol has been informed by authorities in Islamabad.
The man stood up about five minutes after Musharraf began his speech at the meeting in Walthamstow, a district of London with a sizeable population of Pakistani origin, and flung his show at the former military ruler. The shoe fell in the front rows and did not reach the stage, Geo News channel reported
President Pervez Musharraf has asked former prime minister Benazir Bhutto to delay her return to Pakistan from a self-imposed exile till the Supreme Court decides on petitions challenging his re-election.
Pervez Musharraf has expressed willingness to drop the cases pending against Nawaz Sharif and other political leaders as part of his national reconciliation efforts. His comments came a day after former premier Benazir Bhutto was offered amnesty.
Diplomatically, politically and internationally India is suffering. Their international image is suffering because in their house a freedom struggle is going on.It is hurting India's ambitions.'
The US has said the Bush administration's continuing support for the military ruler for short-term benefits will only make a bad problem worse
Ashfaq Hussain in his book Witness to Blunder said the Kargil misadventure 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.
The president also said that he would resign as and when he felt the nation did not require him any longer.
The new book is already a best seller and has been translated into 20 languages, including Hindi and Hebrew, but surprisingly not in Urdu.
Surprised that slain Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was living in a garrison town near Islamabad, Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf has demanded an investigation into the failure of intelligence agencies to get any clue about this.
Vajpayee insisted that his government believed that there could be no normalcy in ties until there was an end to cross-border terrorism.
Singh will meet President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz. He will also visit 'Nankana Sahib', near Lahore, the birthplace of Guru Nanak.
Musharraf said he cannot come to Kochi due to prior commitments, sources said.
In May-June the two foreign secretaries will meet, the Pakistani president said.
