Mush attacks Zardari as 'criminal, fraud and third-rater'
New York: Asif Ali Zardari is a "criminal"
and a "fraud" who will do anything to save himself, former
military ruler Pervez Musharraf said about the Pakistani
president who succeeded him last year.
The former Pakistan President told well-known US
investigative journalist Seymour Hersh in an interview that he
was still in contact with Army Chief General Asfaq Kayani and
didn’t think the military was capable of mutiny — "not the
Army he knew".
"Asif Zardari is a criminal and a fraud. He’ll do
anything to save himself. He’s not a patriot and he’s got no
love for Pakistan. He’s a third-rater," Musharraf was quoted
as saying by Pakistani daily The News today.
Musharraf told Hersh that he and General Kayani, who
had been his nominee for chief of army staff, were still in
telephonic contact.
The former military ruler said he didn’t think the
Pakistan military was capable of mutiny — not the Army he
knew.
"There are people with fundamentalist ideas in the
Army, but I don’t think there is any possibility of these
people getting organised and doing an uprising. These ‘fundos’
were disliked and not popular," Musharraf was quoted as saying
by the Pakistani daily.
Bureau Report