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Musharraf was advised to resign two months ago, says Zardari

Pak president accused of 'misappropriating' US aid worth $700m

PH, Islamabad/ London
Expressing confidence that the ruling coalition would succeed “110 percent" in its move to impeach President Pervez Musharraf, PPP leader Asif Ali Zardari has said he had advised the embattled leader through a "common friend" to resign two months ago but he paid no heed.
"Through a common friend, General Durrani. I had advised President Musharraf to resign two months back But the President gave no reply." Zardari said.
The PPP Chairman, in an interview with a private TV channel last night, said he did not "want to insult any institution", including the army "My top priority is the transition to democracy"
Zardari said he was "110 percent
sure” of the success of the impeachment move planned by the PPP-led coalition against the President.
He said that he believed the army, which is a constitutional institution, would continue discharging its constitutional obligations and would not interfere with the impeachment process.
"I am 110 per cent sure of the success of the impeachment process...We had already completed the numbers game before launching such a vital move." Zardari said.
He said that Musharraf's move to cancel his visit to China to attend the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games was an "irresponsible behaviour" because Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani had to leave for Beijing in his place at the last moment.
Zardari also clarified that he was not a candidate for the presidency and that all the judges deposed by Musharraf during last year's emergency would be reinstated.
In a fresh salvo against beleaguered President, Pakistan's ruling PPP chief has accused him of "mis appropriating" a whopping $700 million of American aid to Islamabad for supporting the war on terror and said "rogue" 1S1 members could have benefitted from it.
The serious allegation levelled by Asif Ali Zardari against Musharraf may form a key part of the charge against 64-year-old Musharraf, expected to be announced on Monday when Pakistan parliament is recalled to start impeachment proceedings against the embattled leader.
"Our grand old Musharraf has
not been passing on all the $1 billion a year that the Americans have been giving for the armed forces. The army has been getting $250 million to 300 million, reimbursement for what they do, but where's the rest?
“They claim it's been going in budget support but that's not the answer. We're talking about $700 million a year missing. The rest has been taken by 'Mush' for some scheme or oilier and we've got to find it." 54-year-old Zardari told tire The Sunday Times.
Zardari claimed that the American aid might have gone to fund "rogue" members of the military intelligence, the 1SI, who were last week accused by the US of assisting Taliban and other militant groups rather than rooting them out.