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September 14, 2009
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari has said that he participated in the talks which led to the safe exit of former president Pervez Musharraf.
Speaking at an Iftar-dinner hosted at the Presidency for media representatitives, the President said the local officials and foreign forces were part of the deal under which former president was provided a safe passage.
To a question, he said two international forces who have interests in this region acted as guarantors during talks for providing safe passage to Pervez Musharraf.
All the stakeholders were on same page at the time of making the decision on providing safe exit to the former president Pervez Musharraf, he said adding it was unanimously decided that now he (Pervez Musharraf) will play golf.
Regarding corruption charges, President Zardari said all the stories of corruption are part of a campaign of maligning the politicians.
He said no minus-one formula can meet success in the absence of a president like Farooq Leghari.
President Asif Ali Zardari said that international and national guarantors were included in providing Musharraf a safe exit; all those powers decided that Musharraf would play Golf now. President Zardari said that it was proposed to make Asma Jahangir the chairwoman of the Reconciliation Commission, however, the Prime Minister and the Parliament will take the final decision in this regard. Addressing an Iftar dinner at the Presidency, President Zardari, talking about Musharrafs trial, said that people having specific interests in the region became the guarantors while General Pervez Kayani was also participated in the consultation. The President said that some people remained active to derail democracy in every democratic period. People who were giving statements against the politicians were also enemies of democracy, he said. Stories of corruption against politicians were a conspiracy to give them a bad name, Zardari maintained. The President said that no minus-one formula could be successful, unless there was a president like Laghari. He said that Bilawal Bhutto will take active part in politics.
