ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Army has distanced itself from the activities of former president Pervez Musharraf since his return. The chief spokesman of the Army, General Asim Salim Bajwa, when contacted last evening, declined to give the army’s reaction to developments with regard to Musharraf.
No serving or former senior officer of the armed forces or senior bureaucrat will be meeting the former president during his stay in Islamabad.
Meanwhile, Islamabad Police have declined to provide personnel for setting up two security cordons at Musharraf’s Chak Shehzad residence.
Islamabad Police chief Muhammad Bin Yamin chaired a meeting of senior officials of his force yesterday.
The police have decided to provide the former president two vehicles for security purposes during his movements in the federal capital and they will also put up a picket at his residence during his stay.
It is understood that Musharraf will stay here for about a week, during which he will file his nomination papers, besides having consultations with his close aides to deal with the criminal cases in which he has been implicated.
Musharraf faces threats from students of various seminaries who have planned a big protest when he lands at the Islamabad airport.
The angry students, who gathered here after yesterday’s prayers for a protest rally against the general, postponed their plan and decided to hold the same on his arrival. General Musharraf has kept his schedule secret.
He might change his programme at the eleventh hour in the face of protest and threats from some extremist groups.
Islamabad Police have urged the interior ministry to depute Rangers and Frontier Constabulary at his residence during his stay in Islamabad.
The commissioner of the federal capital territory, Syed Tariq Pirzada, will take the final decision in this regard today.
It has been decided that no route supervision would be put in place during the movements of the former president and no security personnel will be deployed inside the residence of the former general.
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