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Musharraf will not return, says ex-aide |
Internews/Islamabad
Former president Pervez Musharraf has reconciled to the idea of an exiled life in London and will not return to Pakistan, a former interior minister was quoted as saying yesterday.
Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) MP Makhdoom Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat also said the retired general had given up the idea of entering politics.
Hayat, who met Musharraf in London, said the former president was surrounded by six sleuths of the Scotland Yard and his security guards were provided by the Pakistan government.
Hayat said Musharraf was perturbed about the statements of his main rival and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and has been asking his visitors to issue rejoinders.
“I advised him to come out of the mental framework of a commando and try to become a political animal. I advised him with complete sincerity,” the PML-Q leader said.
Hayat also advised him to return to the country so that he can fight cases against him.
“You must create your credibility first as you ditched the party that provided the support that was required by you for your survival but you unfortunately struck an underhand deal with late Benazir Bhutto,” Hayat said he told Musharraf.
“If you are keen to try your luck in politics then you must return to Pakistan to fight the allegations,” the former aide was quoted as telling Musharraf.
He claimed the former president sought advice from him about joining politics.
Hayat felt the former president was still under the impression he was adored by the masses. Musharraf however, complained that his allies had deserted him.
“I think Musharraf will opt to enjoy his life in Europe,” he added.
Meanwhile, sources said a UN commission inquiring into the assassination of Bhutto will interview Musharraf next month.
The commission believes its work will be incomplete without interviewing the most authoritative personality in Pakistan when Bhutto was murdered.
The commission is headed by Chile’s Permanent Representative to the UN and former Chilean deputy foreign minister, Ambassador Heraldo Munoz. Its other two members are Marzuki Darusman, a former attorney-general of Indonesia and Peter Fitzgerald, a veteran of the Irish National Police. |
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