WASHINGTON DC : Former president and army chief, Pervez Musharraf on Sunday has reportedly professed role of military in flying him off abroad while Supreme Court tried him for declaring state of emergency on November 3, 2007.
\nIn an interview to The Atlantic in Washington DC, Musharraf said that Pakistani social fabric was not made for democracy.
\n\u201cReasonably fair,\u201d he replied when Robert Siegel, the interviewer asked him: \u201cYou are an army guy; the army looked after you. You were able to leave despite the government\u2019s efforts to keep you there, fair (assumption)?\u201d
\n\u201cArmy has always had a role since our independence (on August 14, 1947). Army has played a prominent role in the governance of Pakistan, partially because or mainly because of misgovernance by all of the so-called democratically elected governments,\u201d the former dictator said.
\n“The people of Pakistan love the army; the people of Pakistan demand a lot from the army so I am very proud of the fact that army backed me because I have been with them for over 40 years. I have fought two wars with them and I have fought a number of actions with them so I know they are my constituents,\u201d the former army chief added.
\nWhile answering a question about whether he regretted returning to Pakistan, he unequivocally denied by saying that he felt \u201csomething bigger than his self really\u201d which compelled him to return back to his homeland.
\nHe alleged the government of politicizing the legal cases against him and stated that the high treason case was a hoax.
\nMusharraf said: \u201cI was prepared to take the risk.\u201d
\nPervez Musharraf fled the country in March, for alleged medical treatment after the Supreme Court permitted him to leave. His name was omitted from the Exit Control List in 2016 at least three years after he was slapped with a ban.
\nDifferent legal cases were pursued against him once he returned to the country in April 2013 after a self-imposed exile.
\nHowever, Interior Minister from Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif-led government of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan announced in a press conference, a day before Musharraf left, that the government would not stop him if he left.
\nIt should be noted here that premier Nawaz Sharif was ousted by Musharraf earlier in a coup in 1999. Nawaz Sharif was elected as the Prime Minister of Pakistan for the third time in 2013.
\nDuring the seminar in the United States capital, Musharraf also censured Indian government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his claims of carrying out surgical strike in Pakistan. Aggressor India could trigger a war with its irresponsible moves, he warned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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