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Musharraf makes mind to quit: report

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Islamabad, May 29, IRNA
Pakistan-Musharraf-Quit
President Pervez Musharraf has made mind to quit as he has no other option left with him, local media reported Thursday.

Presidential spokesman Rashid Qureshi dismissed the reports as baseless.

"President Pervez Musharraf has made up his mind to call it a day and he can make an announcement in this regard any time," TV channels and two leading newspapers reported.

Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Wednesday said that chief of the ruling Peoples Party Asif Zardari has agreed to remove President Musharraf.

"His closest aides are of the view that after losing all hope of survival in power the president has made up his mind to lead a retired life," The News International newspaper and Geo television reported.

Two other TV channels ARY One World and Aaj TV also aired similar breaking news.

"Musharraf has no option left but to quit. The president has already been asked by 'important officials' not to think about any step that may further aggravate the already fragile political situation in the country," the News reported.

It also mentioned a meeting of President Musharraf with the army Chief General Ashfaq Kayani but the presidential spokesman Rashid Qureshi said the meeting was a routine one and that both leaders discussed the 'prevailing political situation'.

Reports said that president's loyal commander Brigadier Aasim Bajwa has been changed and the security was handed to other unit.

But Qureshi said that personal guards of the president are not changed.

Musharraf has consented to leave the Army House immediately and he may move to the President House within 48 hours before calling it a day, Geo television reported.

"The president has lost the capacity to invoke constitutional provisions to dissolve the parliament and the government. The question of introducing an impeachment motion would not come as the president will leave office and get a safe passage.

The drop scene of the drama that started with the removal of the Chief Justice on March 9 last year is bound to appear any time soon," reports said.

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