“Musharraf has fought heroic battles for Pakistan and a man like him who repeatedly put even his life on stake for the country cannot be deterred through such tactics,” Fawad Chaudhry said, commenting on the statements of Interior Minister Rehman Malik and Sindh Home Minister Manzoor Wassan. Malik had said that Musharraf will arrested upon arrival and Wassan took it a step forward by saying that ‘arrangements’ had been made to keep Musharraf in Landhi Jail, Karachi.
The former president announced in a public rally on Sunday that he will return to Pakistan at the end of January, despite court cases in which he has been declared a proclaimed offender.
Chaudhry said that the entire world held Musharraf in high regard as the identity of Pakistan, and it will be unfortunate if the incumbent government arrests him. “It will further damage the ruling coalition’s status at the national and international levels,” he said.
He said that the PPP government itself took oath in 2008 while Musharraf was president and gave him the ‘guard of honour’ when he resigned. “Through his statement, Malik has made a foiled bid to please Nawaz Sharif,” Chaudhry said.
Both Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz chief Nawaz Sharif and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chief Imran Khan have disregarded Musharraf’s return to Pakistan as a major occurrence.
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May Allah Almighty save him from all Odds. Ameen. He's a proud son of a great Nation. May God be with him. Ameen.
Tomorror we will read that musharraf is coming on Jan 30, and then that due to security reasons date has been shifted further. He's not coming back, don't get too excited. These leaders can just create hype to fool simpletons called 'awaam'.
Musharraf is a brave and loyal son of Pakistan. I salute him for his bravery.
My best wishes and prayers are with him.
APML Zindabad!
@Abdul Hamza: that was one of the best and brave actions he took. Lal masjid and the affiliated girls school jamia hafsa has always been the centre of terrorist activities, The action was shown live on TV, still people have sympathies. Brave Musharraf still says that he will do the same to such centres if comes into power again.
only Pervez Musharraff!!!!!
@Aamer Khawaja: So does it means that Musharraf is going to Saudi Arabia for any deal??? He already announced that he is coming to Pakistan by the end of this month so now what makes a difference...deals are always made prior taking any decisions...Also, Musharraf is highly respectable personality in the eyes of Saudi King and officials all around the world. Don't forget that neither he signed any 10 years contract nor he did NRO, He is the only clean tested successful leader.
@Faju: Maybe you missed the news that he will be going to Saudi Arabia.
He was responsible for massacre at lal masjid. Mullah brigade will not forgive him.
Musharraf is a brave man...he went abroad without any deal and now he is coming back without any deal and he will face the courts, this is the difference between a true leader and a leader like Nawaz Sharif and Benazir Bhutto.
@Ali:
spoken like a true imran khan supporter.
@Shahid:
to be honest, i am too. may God protect him from harm. let the people witness what they themselves have voted into power. imran khan will be tasting some panic soon.
The bigger the crime, more immunity you have in this country. Nothing will happen to Musharraf.
Why wait until January 29th? All this talk is just more hubris because IK has taken his thunder and he's becoming irrelevant.
If General Musharraf can "again" restrict the value of dollar between 60-65 Rupees like he has done before, bring Mustafa Kamal "back" and bring the value of sugar "again" to Rs.25/kg then he should Hurry..
Only a person Like president Musharraf has the courage to come back on his own without any assurance from any side. I am afraid for his life. We will perhaps have another judicial murder soon. He is a soldier and ready to sacrifice his life on the motherland. I wish he would have decided to stay away. The vultures are blood thirsty and we may loose the most sincere leader Pakistan ever had.
There are number of cases pending against General Musharraf in the Pakistan’s Courts and Musharraf should be apprehended after arrival and he should face the trail like any other head of the state in the world is arrested for the trail by the courts.
He is not the only one person in the world who is regarded and others are disregarded.
In the previous year 2011 a number of head of the states were booked in various cases and Musharraf’s cases cannot be exceptional cases.
The law of the land is above than any person, no matter if General Musharraf had served as the head of the state.
Why the government does not arrest Zulfiqar mirza who has pending arrest warrants in punjab for years.???
A brave man, good if he comes and follows the rules of the game.
short ride i guess....from karachi airport to landhi jail...