By Xinhua
Islamabad : Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf will quit his uniform after presidential election to be held in the first week of October, the secretary general of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Qaid (PML-Q) Mushahid Hussain Sayed said Saturday.
He welcomed the Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP) Chairperson Benazir Bhutto’s announcement to return to Pakistan on Oct 18 and said, “Her return is timely, which shows she doesn’t want to sabotage the presidential election,” Geo TV channel reported.
The PPP announced Friday that Bhutto would return to Pakistan on Oct 18.
He said PML-Q and allied parties had the required majority in assemblies to re-elect Musharraf in the upcoming presidential election.
The government has repeatedly said that the presidential election will be held between Sep 15 and Oct 15 in line with provisions of the constitution.