Exiled former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, who plans to return home and head a new political party, on Tuesday brought the case for his political revival to some of the most influential figures in US foreign policy.

Musharraf told the Council on Foreign Relations in New York he believed he had "an even chance" of returning to political power in his country's 2013 general election and would seek to attract support of those who do not normally vote.