DUBAI – Former president Pervez Musharraf remarked on Saturday that he hasonly stepped down from the post of All Pakistan Muslim League chairman andnot left politics.
His remarks, which were made in a video message, come a day after heresigned from the party chairman post, which was confirmed by partypresident Dr Mohammad Amjad.
“I have resigned from the post in light of legal advice but have not quitpolitics,” he said, adding that the Dr Amjad is the new chairman andMehreen Malik new secretary-general. “The party workers should supportthem.”
He further remarked that he had hoped to contest in the upcoming GeneralElection 2018 but many hurdles have emerged in his way.
Earlier this week, the Election Commission rejected Musharraf’s nominationpapers for NA-1 Chitral, after the Supreme Court withdrew its conditionalapproval for the former ruler to file nomination papers for the upcominggeneral election after he failed to appear before the court.