Malik: Pak gates open for Musharraf

Islamabad

Sept. 10: Amid reports that former President Pervez Musharraf was unlikely to return to Pakistan any time soon, interior minister Rehman Malik has said “gates were open for him” and there were no restrictions on his coming back to the country.
Mr Malik’s comments came in wake of reports that Mr Musharraf, currently in the UK, will embark on a 40-day visit to the US from September 14 and was unlikely to return soon to Pakistan where there is a clamour for putting him on trial.
There are no restrictions on Mr Musharraf’s return to Pakistan and the “gates were open for him,” Mr Malik said, while dismissing speculation surrounding back-to-back visits by himself and Mr Musharraf to Saudi Arabia.
Mr Rehman Malik said he had not conveyed any message about the former military ruler to Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz.
Mr Malik said in an interview with the News daily that he had not held any discussions on Mr Pervez Musharraf’s fate with the king and that Mr Musharraf was free to return to Pakistan.
Meanwhile, the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) has demanded of the Supreme Court to reopen all
the cases against Mr Musharraf. A PML(N) spokesman said the forced exile of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was a violation of the Constitution and human rights, and was liable to contempt of the Supreme Court
Source::DC