Nawaz Sharif, former prime minister and PML-N chief, said on Wednesday General Pervez Musharraf’s offer to step down as army chief was “too little, too late”, and that he planned to return to Pakistan within a fortnight to lead a campaign to oust the general, AFP reported. “Musharraf does not qualify to be a presidential candidate, whether in or out of uniform ... He has lost credibility and the people of Pakistan want him out,” Nawaz told The Telegraph in an interview. Speaking to the Financial Times, Nawaz said that Benazir Bhutto’s attempts to deal with Musharraf were a “setback” and a “clear violation” of a deal agreed between the two former prime ministers to do “no deals with military dictators”. “She decided to go down a different path,” he said, but added that Benazir’s discussions with Musharraf were offset by “the overwhelming support of the people” for the end of military rule.
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