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LONDON - Claiming that Pakistan was being run to the ground, former president General (r) Pervez Musharraf did not rule out a fresh military takeover in the country.
“The state is being run to the ground at the moment, and people are again running to the military to save the country,” Musharraf told a gathering in Aspen, Colorado.
While agreeing to the fact that the country’s constitution was sacrosanct, the former dictator questioned, “Should we save the country and do something unconstitutional or uphold the constitution but let the state go down?” Vowing to return home on his “own accord”, Musharraf shrugged off calls in his country for Interpol to arrest him, saying he was prepared to risk arrest by returning for elections, which he claimed would be held this year.
The former president’s appearance in the US came just days after the federal intelligence agency sent a second reminder to the Interpol to arrest him, labelling him a “proclaimed offender” in the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto in 2007, reported The Guardian. The retired general repeated his previous assertions that he would return voluntarily, “even at risk to my life”.
“I know I see Pakistan and I know it has all the potential to do well for itself, now at this moment it’s being run to the ground,” said Musharraf who currently lives in the UK and Dubai.
The former president did not give specific dates for his return to Pakistan. He has previously said he would return in January this year and then in March, but on both the occasions he failed to return home.
The Guardian said, in a wide ranging interview to a US media company later, Musharraf claimed that Iran was “determined” to develop a nuclear arsenal.
During the interaction, The Guardian said Musharraf reminisced about travelling to Iran in 2004 in an attempt to dissuade President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei from pursuing nuclear weapons.
Musharraf discussed talking to Ahmadinejad and Khamenei in 2004.
“You should not adopt a confrontational course, you should adopt a conciliatory course, for the sake of the world and the region,” Musharraf recalled telling Ahmadenijad, however he said the Iranian president did not listen to his suggestion.
“They are determined to develop a nuclear arsenal, although I do not think they have a reason to develop,” Musharraf said.