Spokesman denies Mushararf considering resignation

By Xinhua

Islamabad : Pakistani presidential spokesman Rashid Qureshi Sunday denied report in the British Sunday Telegraph that Pervez Musharraf was considering stepping down as president of Pakistan rather than waiting to be forced out by his victorious opponents.


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The British Sunday Telegraph said Musharraf believed he had run out of options after three of the main parties who triumphed in Monday’s poll announced they would form a coalition government together. They also pledged to reinstate the country’s former chief justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry and 60 other judges sacked by Musharraf in November last year.

“I think do not attach much credence to the report,” Qureshi said, “Nothing has been this sort in President Office.”

Local TV channel Geo quoted Qureshi as saying that the reporter did not identify source for his information and that was why it did not have any credence.

Qureshi said Musharraf had no role in government formation and it was up to the politicians to form governments.

“I think it is now just a matter of days and not months because he would like to make a graceful exit on a high,” the daily British Sunday Telegraph quoted an unidentified friend of Musharraf as saying.

Musharraf has insisted that he is ready to work with any future government.

Makhdoom Amin Faheem, leader of Pakistan People’s Party, the largest group in the upcoming parliament, said there was no immediate plan to impeach Musharraf.

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