Pervez Musharraf to return to Pakistan on 24 March
18 March 2013 7:45 AM IST
Pakistan’s former military ruler Pervez Musharraf would return to the country on 24 March to lead his party in upcoming elections, ending his nearly four years of self-imposed exile in Dubai and London.
Musharraf, 69, will return to the country intent on leading his party in upcoming elections, a statement released by him said.
Musharraf plans to fly on a commercial airline into Karachi on 24 March, then attend a rally attended by 50,000 people including more than 200 Pakistani expatriates from the US, Canada, the UK and the UAE, the statement said. He plans to lead his party, the All Pakistan Muslim League into Pakistan’s general elections, which are slated for May. In 1999, the then chief of Pakistan’s army became its president in a bloodless military coup.
Musharraf, who stepped down as President in 2008 after he was threatened with impeachment, has brushed aside questions on whether he would be arrested on his return.
Musharraf, 69, will return to the country intent on leading his party in upcoming elections, a statement released by him said.
Musharraf plans to fly on a commercial airline into Karachi on 24 March, then attend a rally attended by 50,000 people including more than 200 Pakistani expatriates from the US, Canada, the UK and the UAE, the statement said. He plans to lead his party, the All Pakistan Muslim League into Pakistan’s general elections, which are slated for May. In 1999, the then chief of Pakistan’s army became its president in a bloodless military coup.
Musharraf, who stepped down as President in 2008 after he was threatened with impeachment, has brushed aside questions on whether he would be arrested on his return.
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