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Musharraf planning political comeback within next two to four months | With the expiry of the two-year political ban on him, former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf has started consultations with his close aides to announce his
comeback in the country's politics. According to sources, Musharraf is in contact
with several Pakistan Muslim League-Q leaders to fine-tune his political strategy
for his comeback within the next two to four months. Pakistan Muslim League-Q
leader, Sher Afgan Niazi said his party and the PML-F would welcome Musharraf
on his arrival in Pakistan. Niazi claimed that even the MQM has a "soft corner
for Musharraf", and the party would support him on his entry into politics. "Musharraf
will most probably come to Pakistan within the next two to four months," said
Niazi. Sources said Musharraf's associates have told the former general that his
supporters and close aides do not have the same power which they enjoyed earlier,
and lack the will to obtain people's support for him. " Senior PML-Q leaders have
told Musharraf that two of his staunchest supporters in Pakistan, Barrister Muhammad
Ali Saif and Maj General (retired) Rashid Qureshi, are incapable of gathering
people on a new political platform for him," The Daily Times quoted a PML-Q leader,
as saying. He said Musharraf had also asked PML-Q aides to woo district nazims
to gather support for him. "Musharraf tells everybody he will return soon ...
but he does not give a date," the leaders said on conditions of anonymity. Musharraf,
who is currently in London on an unannounced exile, has been trying hard to bring
his former supporters together. The former general has already held several round
of meetings with several of his close associates in the PML-Q, including leaders
of dissident group Hamid Nasir Chatta, Saleem Saifullah Khan and Humayun Akhtar.
Sources said Musharraf has urged his close supporters to contact politicians for
the formation of an 'unified' Muslim League excluding the Nawaz Sharif led Pakistan
Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N). According to the report, Musharraf is planning to
float a new political party and has recently "funnelled large sums of money into
the coffers of former aides to promote his cause". "These include former minister
of information Sheikh Rasheed, who ...has been paid 1 million dollars, the same
amount that went to a public relations team to boost Musharraf's image," the report
said. The report also revealed that former general has received millions of dollars
in donations from various corporate biggies and his close associates. |
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