APML Chief Pervez Musharraf postpones Pakistan return

As expected, former president and All Pakistan Muslim League chief Pervez Musharraf has delayed his scheduled return to Pakistan between January 27 and 30, repeating threats by the country’s leadership that he would be arrested upon arrival.

APML Secretary General Barrister Mohammed Ali Saif announced at a crowded news conference on Friday that the situation was not conducive for his return.

He observed, “This is not the right time to go back. He finally decided today (Friday) that he would accept the recommendations of the executive committee of the All Pakistan Muslim League party to delay his return”.

He further stated that this decision will be deliberated by the core committee of the party.

Saif asserted, “We have come to the conclusion that if the former president returns to Pakistan in this existing scenario this will in a way provide an escape route for our political opposition. They would target his person through various means, and would try to divert public attention from their own problems.”

He opined that the incumbent, which had bogged down in court cases and its failure both in the economic and political fields, would try to wriggle out of this situation by diverging the focus of the masses from the main issues to the non issues.

Close aides and supporters had urged Pervez Musharraf, who had ruled about nine years on Pakistan, to put off an approaching homecoming after Islamabad said he would be arrested if he returned. It is vital to mention here that he is from more than three years of self-imposed exile in London and Dubai.

On Friday, Pakistani Prime Minister, Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani, categorically stated the former president would certainly be apprehended if made a homecoming. He observed, “Certainly, when he’ll come back, he has to face those charges and certainly be arrested.”

The former dictator faced two court warrants for his arrest in connection with the 2006 killing of Akbar Akbar Bugti, and 2007 assassination of two-time former Prime Minister, Benazir Bhutto.

The ex-commando man confessed he would be trouble in Pakistan if come back. Speaking to BBC radio, he commented, “I do feel endangered. There is a danger certainly, but you take your own protection and then leave things to destiny. Nobody can ensure you 100 percent protection.”

According to a report broadcasted on a private TV channel, ISI chief Lt Gen Ahmed Shuja Pasha held a secret meeting with Pervez Musharraf in Dubai, advising him not to return to Pakistan.

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