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Monday, July 18, 2011

Pervez Musharraf says he will return to Pakistan in March 2012

Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, who is currently in self-exile, has announced that he will finally return to Pakistan on March 23, 2012.

When asked if he is ready to face Pakistani courts and if he is worried about going to jail, Musharraf said that he was not scared of jails.
According to the News, the former president acknowledged there are two big cases against him - the Benazir Bhutto assassination case and the Akbar Bugti murder case.
Musharraf, who launched his own political party, the All Pakistan Muslim League (APML), in October 2010, has claimed several times that he would return to lead the party and contest the next elections.
Earlier, in May, a Rawalpindi Anti-Terrorism Ccourt (ATC) had declared Musharraf a proclaimed offender in the Benazir Bhutto assassination case.
He was Pakistan's President when Benazir was killed in a gun and bomb attack as she was leaving Liaqat Bagh in Rawalpindi after addressing a public rally on December 27, 2007.
Musharraf is alleged to have been part of a "broad conspiracy" to have his political rival Benazir killed before elections, though the exact nature of the charges against him is not clear. ANI