If people voted me to power, I would change fate of the nation: Musharraf

Islamabad: Retired General Pervez Musharraf Former president and military dictator has said that “nobody can restrict” him from coming back to the country and taking part in the general elections.

By phone Musharraf told a public meeting in a village near Mansehra city in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, “Nobody can restrict me. I will come back to the country and take part in the elections. If people voted me to power, I would change fate of the nation.” He said that on his return he would launch the ‘Pakistan Bachao’ Movement.

Musharraf ruled in Pakistan for nine years after taking power in a coup in 1999. He stepped down in 2008 and left Pakistan. In London he has launched the All Pakistan Muslim League (APML). He now lives in London.

Musharraf said his party was not against creation of more provinces in the country.

He has selected Chitral in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province to contest for a seat in the National Assembly, the lower house of parliament.

“The country is passing through a difficult stage of its history and my party will pull it out of the current crises,” the News International quoted Musharraf as saying.