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Pervez Musharraf: The Pakistani General who wouldn't go away

Musharraf said that if he could return to power now he would have more legitimacy than the first time

Ajmal Kasab, Pervez Musharraf, Kulbhushan Jadhav
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Pervez Musharraf said that the Kulbhushan Jadhav was a bigger criminal than Ajmal Kasab. Photo: Reuters

Mohammed Hanif | NYT
Along stretches of highway and railway tracks across Pakistan, walls bear a familiar inscription: Mard kabhi boorha nahin hota, a man never grows old. It’s an advert by quacks and herbalists peddling eternal virility to aging Pakistani men. It would appear that Pakistan’s former military leader Gen. Pervez Musharraf has taken this roadside assurance too seriously.

Nine years after his ouster from the presidency, and many humiliating attempts to reclaim political relevance later, he is at it again. In a recent interview with Sky News, he said that if he could return to power now he would have more legitimacy