No legal action would be taken against me upon return, says Mush

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Hong Kong: Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf said that some political elements are opposing him and making false cases against him however no action would be taken against him on his return to the country.

Dismissing the threat of charges against him in Pakistan, tied to his years of military rule former President Musharraf said, “There is no case pending against me in the courts of Pakistan”.

“There are elements opposed to me, political elements, and they are the ones who engineer these cases,” he said Wednesday in Hong Kong, where he answered reporters’ questions after speaking at an investment forum.
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“I’m very confident nothing can happen legally against me.”

The timing of his return to Pakistan depends on the environment there, but he will be there for the next election, he said.

He said he will launch a new political party on October 1 in London.

“There is a good chance at creating another political alternative which will be viable, which will be a better alternative for Pakistan,” he said.

The forum was organized by the CLSA brokerage, which last year hired former U.S. vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin as a speaker for its Hong Kong forum.

Musharraf sees political hope in the 60 percent of the Pakistani electorate that doesn’t vote, who need “awakening,” he said.

“I feel the majority is the middle class, educated, youth, women, minorities. So it is this 60 percent that needs to be awakened to vote,” he said.

“I launched a Facebook [page] about six or seven months back, and to my surprise I have a fan base now of 295,000 people,” he added, referring to one way of reaching out to potential voters.

Former President accused that the Afghan president Hamid Karzai has no constitutional status in his country however he stressed on the west that they should continue their operation against the Taliban and should not leave the region.

He warned that if Afghanistan is left alone than the country would fall into the hands of Taliban and AL-qaeda. He said that withdraw from Afghanistan is no option.

Musharraf resigned in 2008 as Pakistan’s ruling coalition began taking steps to impeach him. He was succeeded by Asif Zardari, the widow of assassinated former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.

As president, Musharraf was the United States’ key ally in a region racked by terrorism. The United States sent millions of dollars in aid to help Pakistan battle the Taliban and al Qaeda.