Is Pervez Musharraf looking at a retirement plan? Declan Walsh has the story in The Guardian
Nobody knows how or when, but according to a growing consensus inside Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf’s days as president are slowing coming to an end.
A flurry of political tirades, aggressive news reports and changes to sensitive army positions have fuelled speculation that Musharraf is considering retirement.
The talk has hit the streets, where rumours are rife of frenetic bag-packing and a newly arrived jet to whisk Musharraf into foreign retirement. Stock prices dived last week as a result of the rumours.
Musharraf aides, meanwhile, insist their boss is going nowhere. “This is absolute lies. He’s not packed even his golf bag,” said his spokesman Rashid Qureshi.
Qureshi, a long-time loyalist, said Musharraf was being smeared by the Jang group, a media conglomerate whose television stations were temporarily shut by Musharraf last year.
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