RAWALPINDI (Dawn): Breaking the silence after nearly three months, former president Pervez Musharraf said he would not be running away from Pakistan.
"I am not running away from Pakistan. Rather, I will defend [myself] in all cases against me before a court of law," General (retired) Musharraf said to supporters gathered in Islamabad as he spoke via telephone.
"I have to go out of Pakistan only to see my ailing mother and will return back to you," he said to the gathering.
He said the cases against him are politically motivated and baseless.
He also lamented the current economic situation and claimed that when he resigned in 2008, the country had $18 billion reserves as compared to only $4 billion to $5billion today.
He condemned the Model Town incident and condoled with the families of those who had lost their lives.
Earlier, a convention of the All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) elected Musharraf as chairman of the party for the next term.
ناکام حکمرانوں کو فوری مستعفی ہوجانا چاہئے، پرویز مشرف
اسلام آباد : سیاسی درجہ حرارت بڑھا تو سابق صدر پرویز مشرف بھی حکومت کے خلاف میدان میں آگئے، بیرون ملک جانے کی تردید کردی، کہتے ہیں ناکام حکمران فوری مستعفی ہوجائیں۔
سابق صدر پرویز مشرف کو متفقہ طور پر آل پاکستان مسلم لیگ کا چیئرمین منتخب کرلیا گیا، پارٹی کے ورکرز کنونشن سے خطاب میں پرویزمشرف نے حکومت سے فوری مستعفی ہونے اور آزاد الیکشن کمیشن کی زیرنگرانی نئے انتخابات کا مطالبہ کردیا۔ سماء
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