President Pervez Musharraf, facing a serious challenge to his powers in the wake of parliamentary election results, on Sunday swiftly denied reports that he was planning an “exit strategy” even as PPP and PML (N) continued discussions on the formation of the new government which is likely to assume office next week.
Hours after a leading British newspaper “The Daily Telegraph” reported that the beleaguered President had “already started discussing the exit strategy for himself”, Musharraf, through his spokesman Maj Gen Rashid Qureshi, made it clear that he has no such plan. “I think one should not attach much credence to the report.
Nothing of this sort has been discussed in the President’s office”, Qureshi said.
The newspaper quoted an unnamed aide of Musharraf as saying that “he (Musharraf) has already started discussing the exit strategy for himself. I think it is now just a matter of days and not months because he would like to make a graceful exit on a high.
