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Zardari officially clarifies Musharraf stepped down as part of a deal | Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has revealed that former President General Pervez Musharraf had stepped down from the Presidency as a part of a deal
which was facilitated by 'international and local' guarantors. "All international
and local powers, which have stakes in the region, were guarantors of General
Pervez Musharraf's negotiated resignation," Zardari told media person during an
Iftar party here. Zardari, however, distanced himself from questions regarding
Musharraf's trial under the Article Six of the Constitution, but hinted that the
former general may never be prosecuted. "I had been hoping that he (Musharraf)
would play golf," The Daily Times quoted Zardari, as saying. When asked whether
the present Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Kayani was also a part of the deal
and one of the negotiators in it, Zardari said: "Why do you want to bring him
(Kayani) in this debate?" Zardari also tacitly avoided responding to questions
whether the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) was actually willing to punish Musharraf
saying: "The PPP never recognised him (Musharraf) as the country's president."
Referring to the assassination of Benazir Bhutto and hanging of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto,
Zardari said, "The 'thinking' behind the hanging of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and killing
of Shahnawaz Bhutto, Murtaza Bhutto and Benazir Bhutto was one." When journalists
asked him about his views on the controversial 'minus-one formula' Zardari said
such formula could only be implemented in the regime of president like Farooq
Leghari. |
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