Pakistan military says ailing deposed strongman should be allowed back from exile

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ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's powerful military said Wednesday that ailing former army chief Pervez Musharraf, who seized power in a bloodless coup 23 years ago and ruled for nine years, should be allowed

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's powerful military said Wednesday that ailing former army chief Pervez Musharraf, who seized power in a bloodless coup 23 years ago and ruled for nine years, should be allowed to return from self-imposed exile in Dubai.

"It was the opinion of the institution and its leadership that Pervez Musharraf may return to the country in view of his poor health if the family so desires," Major General Babar Iftikhar, head of the military's Inter Services Public Relations publicity wing, was quoted as saying by local media.

But he is also accused of overseeing a period marked by human rights abuses and the disappearance of hundreds of activists."As a citizen of Pakistan, everyone has the right of return," she said. After the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, the national mood soured even more and crushing losses suffered by his allies in the 2008 elections left him isolated.

"I have no personal enmity with Pervez Musharraf and do not want others to undergo an agony that I experienced about my loved ones," he tweeted from London, where he lives in self-imposed exile after being convicted on corruption charges in 2018.

 

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