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First day of Musharraf without office

Hamid Mir From Pakistan
August 19th was a unique day in the life of Musharraf. It was his first day without power after nine years.
The day started with a breakfast with his family. He was in a relaxed mood because there was no hurry to go to office on time. He doesn't have any office after 44 years but he has not given up. He is sure that he will be in some office soon. He still hopes that a situation will be created in coming weeks when he will get a chance to play a political role. He wants to prove that he can play a role even without uniform.
Musharraf entered in Pakistan Military Academy in 1961 at the age of 18. He was commissioned in Pakistan .Army in 1964. He became Army Chief in 1998 and seized power in 1999. He was the fourth military dictator of Pakistan and his main strength was always his uniform. He ruled Pakistan for nine years and took off his uniform in November 2007. After taking off uniform he was not able to survive for more than nine months. His first day without power started with courtesy calls from some old friends. He asked views from everyone about his resignation, future ofPakistan after his departure from office and especially about the next President of Pakistan. Most of his friends congratulated him on his "safe exit from the office of President".
One friend who retired from Navy long ago reminded him that the first military President General Ayub Khan was forced to resign by Anny Chief General Yahya Khan in 1969, second military President General Yahya Khan was forced to resign by General Gul Hassan in 1971, third military President General Zia was killed in a plane accident in 1988 but Musharraf was the only one who was given a guard of honour by Army after his departure from President House.
Musharraf was happy with his "safe exit" but he shared his disappointment about some "ungrateful" people who left him in the last days of his presidency. One of them was the sitting Chief Justice of Pakistan Abd ul Hameed Dogar. He became Chief Justice on November 3,2007 after the imposition of state of emergency by Musharraf. Dogar also validated the extra-constitutional acts of Musharraf after November 3. Musharraf contacted Dogar through a very prominent lawyer in the first week of August 2008 He warned a stay order from the Supreme Court against the impeachment motion announced by the ruling coalition to
oust him. Dogar regretted and disappointed Musharraf.
One friend advised Musharraf not to stay in Pakistan for a while. He mentioned a suicide bombing on August 19 in Dera Ismail Khan City. A concerned friend told Musharraf that extremist elements will try to harm him in Pakistan and he must take extra precautionary' measures. Musharraf received a lot of telephone calls from his relatives and fans mostly from Europe and America. They expressed their solidarity with the ex-President and said that Nawaz Sharif and Asif Ali Zardari will start fighting with each other and Musharraf should stay inside in Pakistan just to watch the "tamasha".
Musharraf told one of his friends on Ttiesday. "You know some PML-Q leaders advised me to cancel the National Reconciliation Ordinance and reinstate the deposed judges before resignation. They were sure that deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry' will become a big problem for Zardari. I decided not to do that. I know Zardari will not reinstate Justice Iftikhar and Nawaz Sharif will fight him on this issue and even if Iftikhar will get reinstated he will not spare Zardari, let the enemies fight with each other".
One friend of Musharraf informed him that Zardari wants to replace him by a woman as the new' President of Pakistan. Musharraf laughed at this information and said: "as long as Maulana Fazal ur Rehman is part of the ruling coalition, no woman could become President of Pakistan because the only religious party of this ruling coalition may quit the government on this issue".
In the afternoon Musharraf watched TV channels showing celebrations by' the public on his departure. He smilingly commented: "all these TV wallahs will be taught great lessons by Zardari and Nawaz Sharif soon."
Musharraf enjoyed old songs of Muhammad Rafi in the evening. He listened to his favourite song "chai urr jaa rey panchi key aab yeh dais hoabegana*. After enjoying music he metafriend. "I am here. I will not run away. I am not a panchi who will fly away from Pakistan.' he told the friend.