Pervez PervMusharraf
... former dictator of Pakistain, who was less dictatorial and corrupt than any Pak civilian government to date ...
plans to travel to Soddy Arabia soon to gather support for his political comeback, Saudi and Pak sources told Rooters on Sunday.
Musharraf, who has been living abroad since he resigned in 2008, has said he plans to return to Pakistain this month, despite possible arrest, in order to participate in a parliamentary election due by 2013.
"Musharraf will be travelling to Saudi soon in order to get support before he goes back to Pakistain," said a Gulf-based Saudi source familiar with the matter. A Pak source confirmed that Musharraf, who is in Dubai, was to travel to Soddy Arabia soon.
The source declined to say what form of support the former president is seeking. But some reports have said that Musharraf, who faces possible arrest on charges that he had failed to provide adequate security to former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto
... 11th Prime Minister of Pakistain in two non-consecutive terms from 1988 until 1990 and 1993 until 1996. She was the daughter of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, founder of the Pakistain People's Party, who was murdered at the instigation of General Ayub Khan. She was murdered in her turn by person or persons unknown while campaigning in late 2007. Suspects include, to note just a few, Baitullah Mehsud, General Pervez Musharraf, the ISI, al-Qaeda in Pakistain, and her husband, Asif Ali Zardari, who shows remarkably little curiosity about who done her in...
before her liquidation in 2007, will seek Saudi guarantees that he would not be jugged.
Soddy Arabia, which has considerable influence in Pakistain because of its economic support, has expressed concern
...meaning the brow was mildly wrinkled, the eyebrows drawn slightly together, and a thoughtful expression assumed, not that anything was actually done or indeed that any thought was actually expended...
over the friction between the army and the government in recent months.
"The stability of Pakistain is very important to the region and has to be maintained," said a second source familiar with the matter.
On Sunday, Musharraf is scheduled to address a rally via video in Pakistain's biggest city and commercial hub, Bloody Karachi
...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It may be the largest city in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous...
, sources in his recently formed All Pakistain Moslem League said.