Pakistan: Former President Gen (Rtd) Musharraf indicted on account of high treason

Paul8591 · Mar 31, 2014

Former Pakistan's President Gen (Rtd) Musharraf indicted by court on account of high treason charges. Former president pleaded not guilty to these charges. Musharraf appeared in the court on the day of indictment against all the rumors that he won't show on the court. The maximum penalty on the charges of treason is death. Last couple of days rumors have it Musharaff is going abroad and he will not appear in the court. Whole country is waiting for the last episode of this show.

http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-13-29428-Musharraf-indicted-pleads-not-guilty

waltky · Aug 30, 2015

Susie meets with Pakistan Poobah...

Rice Meets With Sharif in Islamabad
August 30, 2015 - U.S. National Security Advisor Susan Rice is in Pakistan to meet with the prime minister and other top officials to discuss a range of topics, "particularly terrorist and militant attacks emanating from Pakistani soil," according to the U.S. State Department.

After Rice met with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Sunday in Islamabad, the Pakistani leader's office said little about the content of the talks, noting that they focused on matters of bilateral interest and the future of Pakistan-U.S. relations. Rice has also held delegation-level talks with Mr. Sharif's advisor on national security and foreign policy, Sartaj Aziz, and planned to meet with Pakistan's military chief General Raheel Sharif. Ahead of Sunday's talks the U.S. State Department said Rice was likely to discuss Pakistan's role in Afghanistan's effort to negotiate peace with the Taliban and the recent rise in tensions between Islamabad and New Delhi.

U.S. National Security Adviser Susan Rice calls on Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif at the PM House, Islamabad, Pakistan

VOA's Ayaz Gul reports Pakistani officials said they would emphasize during meetings with Rice that direct meetings between the Kabul government and the Taliban must resume quickly. Rice's talks also are believed to involve the agenda for an expected visit to Washington by Sharif in late October. Pakistani officials have spoken of Sharif's travel plans privately, but there has been no announcement by the U.S. side.

Adviser to the Prime Minister on National Security and Foreign Affairs, Sartaj Aziz shake hand with U.S. National Security Adviser Susan Rice in Islamabad

Local news reports speculated that the visit was arranged in response to the tensions with India following violent incidents in the Kashmir region, which is claimed by both countries. But the State Department said the visit had been planned for weeks and was unrelated to that situation. It said Rice had always planned to stop in Islamabad after two days of high-level talks in Beijing ahead of next month's White House meetings between President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

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Musharraf could be back as head of new Pak party
Aug 30, 2015 - Pakistan's former military dictator Pervez Musharraf could soon stage a political comeback as head of a new party combining all factions of the Muslim League except the ruling PML-N of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, ahead of local body elections.

Efforts have been intensified to form the party - United Muslim League - after uniting all factions of Muslim League except Sharif's PML-N. PML-Q President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain yesterday held a meeting with 72-year-old Musharraf, head of All Pakistan Muslim League at his residence in Karachi and agreed to merge all factions except PML-N to form a "new look party". "I met with General Musharraf, PML-Functional chief Pir Pagara Sibghatullah Shah Rashidi and former Sindh chief minister Syed Ghaus Ali Shah, who was once a close aide of Sharif. They all are unanimous on formation of the United Muslim League," Hussain told reporters.

He said efforts are also on to take all those Muslim League leaders and workers on board who are not happy with the policies of the Sharif brothers - Nawaz and Shahbaz Sharif. The new party is likely to be formed before local body elections scheduled to be held by the end of the year. There has been a feeling in all Muslim League factions except PML-N, that they should be united and form a new political force to challenge the PML-N and Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. They believe that under Musharraf's leadership all the Muslim League factions can perform well.

Musharraf returned to Pakistan in 2013 after over four years in self-exile but faces a slew of legal cases including the high profile treason case under Article 6 of the Constitution for imposing emergency in the country in 2007, the first army chief to face such a prosecution. He has also been charged in the judges' detention case.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...ead-of-new-Pak-party/articleshow/48732626.cms
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waltky · Oct 3, 2015

Two different versions from the same source - which one is true?

Musharraf threatened Benazir, testifies American journo Mark Seigel
Oct 3, 2015: Mark Seigel, American journalist and a key witness in the murder case of former Pakistan prime minister Benazir Bhutto, has recorded his statement before a Pakistan anti-terrorism court through video link that general Pervez Musharraf had warned that her safety would depend on the state of their relationship.

Seigel told the antiterrorism court in Rawalpindi that Benazir had a 15-minute telephone conversation with Musharraf on September 25, 2007, which she later described as a very "bad call" just three weeks before her return to the country. "She (Benazir) showed me the name of Musharraf on phone screen when he was calling," Seigel said. After receiving the call, he said, Benazir seemed very disturbed and was trembling with rage. "She was very upset," he added. The American journalist said Musharraf told Benazir that her life was in danger and her involvement in political activities in Pakistan will be at her own responsibility.

Moreover, according to Seigel, Musharraf told Benazir, "Your security is dependent on the relationship between us." Seigel said the conversation took place in his presence in the Washington office of US senator Tom Lantos. His statement was recorded at Pakistan embassy in Washington DC on Thursday at about 8pm. Seigel further said that Benazir had sent him an email on October 23, 2007, just weeks before her assassination, expressing her sense of insecurity.

In that email, she wrote that if something happened to her, Musharraf would be responsible for it. Besides Musharraf, she also mentioned other individuals, including former ISI chief General Hamid Gul, ex-chief of Intelligence Bureau Ijaz Shah and former Punjab CM Pervez Ilahi, in that email. Seigel told the court that Benazir also wrote a letter to Musharraf informing him that his top officers were planning to kill her. She was killed on December 27, 2007, after addressing a pre-election rally at Rawalpindi. Her murder case has been lingering on for eight years. The hearing into Bhutto's murder case will resume on October 5.

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Musharraf warned Benazir against coming to Pakistan in 2007: Mark Seigel
Oct 2, 2015: The American journalist, lobbyist and key witness in the murder case of ex-Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, Mark Seigel, has said that former military ruler Pervez Musharraf had warned the slain leader, three weeks ahead of her return into the country in 2007, that her safety in Pakistan would depend on the state of their relationship.

In a recorded statement before Pakistan's anti-terrorism court in Rawalpindi through video link, the American journalist claimed that on September 25, 2007, in his presence in Washington in the office of US Senator Tom Lantos, Benazir Bhutto had received a 15-minute telephone call from Musharraf which she later described as a very 'bad call'. His statement was recorded at Pakistan's embassy in Washington DC on Thursday at about 8:00 pm. While recording his statement, Seigel, who had been in close contact with Benazir Bhutto since 1984, broke into tears as he spoke about her.

"She showed me the name of Musharraf on phone screen when he was calling," Seigel claimed. After receiving the call, he said, Benazir seemed very disturbed and was trembling in anger. "She was very upset," he added. The American journalist said Musharraf told Benazir that her life was in danger and her involvement in political activities in Pakistan will be her own responsibility. Moreover, according to Seigel, Musharraf told Benazir, "Your security is dependent on the relationship between us."

Siegel further said that Benazir had sent him an email on Oct 23, 2007, expressing her sense of insecurity. In that email, she wrote that if something happened to her, Musharraf would be responsible for it. Besides Musharraf, she also mentioned other individuals, including former ISI chief General Hamid Gul, ex-chief of Intelligence Bureau Ijaz Shah and former Punjab CM Pervez Ilahi, in the email. He told the court that Ms Bhutto also wrote a letter to Musharraf informing him that his top officers were planning to kill her. Benazir Bhutto was killed on Dec 27, 2007 after addressing a pre-election rally at Rawalpindi. Her murder case has been lingering on for eight years. The hearing into her murder case will be resumed on October 5.

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