The United States is in league with India: Musharraf
Musharraf criticises US - says "Indians are allowed to do whatever they are doing in Afghanistan".
Former president Pervez Musharraf has said that Pakistan has its national interest at heart, and that the US should understand and accept that.
He said this in an interview to The Telegraph on Wednesday.
He also said that the ties between US and Pakistan and on a downward spiral and suffer from “lack of trust and confidence with faults on both sides”.
Musharraf said that Pakistan must keep its stance clear as to why they are not acting against the Haqqani network and “talk straight” about its national interest.
He also remarked that “the United States is in league with India and that Indians are allowed to do whatever they are doing in Afghanistan”.
Musharraf also disclosed that he had an “almost” openly hostile relationship with the President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai.
Former president, who is currently in self-exile, spoke about his return to Pakistan.
Earlier, Musharraf had announced that he will return to Pakistan to contest the next elections.
He said this in an interview to The Telegraph on Wednesday.
He also said that the ties between US and Pakistan and on a downward spiral and suffer from “lack of trust and confidence with faults on both sides”.
“Pakistan has to really think, what will be the environment and fend for itself against all the exterior pressures, all the exterior manoeuvrings and political manoeuvrings against Pakistan.”
Musharraf said that Pakistan must keep its stance clear as to why they are not acting against the Haqqani network and “talk straight” about its national interest.
He also remarked that “the United States is in league with India and that Indians are allowed to do whatever they are doing in Afghanistan”.
“Are we some jungle people that you can do anything with? This is the feeling of the people of Pakistan, are we some animal that they are treating us like this? We are a sovereign country and we have our own human rights.”
Musharraf also disclosed that he had an “almost” openly hostile relationship with the President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai.
“As time passed I realised that president Hamid Karzai is playing more in the hands of Indians who were trying to create an anti-Pakistan Afghanistan. These were irritants that kept developing over the years and got converted into almost open hostility.”
Former president, who is currently in self-exile, spoke about his return to Pakistan.
“I am a person who believes if I try and if I’m failing, I will quit,” he added. “I have no qualms and no ego. I have governed Pakistan for nine years, very successfully and I have no further ambitions, personal ambitions, my ambition is Pakistan.”
Earlier, Musharraf had announced that he will return to Pakistan to contest the next elections.