'Lovers of Musharraf' planning grand welcome for former dictator.Byline: ANI London London, city, Canada London, city (1991 pop. 303,165), SE Ont., Canada, on the Thames River. The site was chosen in 1792 by Governor Simcoe to be the capital of Upper Canada, but York was made capital instead. London was settled in 1826. , July 14 (ANI): A large group of Britons of Pakistani origin, comprising businessmen, professionals, academicians and intellectuals is giving finishing touches finishing touches finish npl the finishing touches → der letzte Schliff finishing touches npl → ultimi ritocchi mpl to a grand 'welcome and launch' event for former President Pervez Musharraf General Pervez Musharraf (Urdu: پرويز مشرف) (born August 11 1943) is President of Pakistan and the Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army who came to power in wake of a coup d'etat. who has made London his temporary abode One's home; habitation; place of dwelling; or residence. Ordinarily means "domicile." Living place impermanent in character. The place where a person dwells. Residence of a legal voter. Fixed place of residence for the time being. . The group, which calls itself 'Lovers of Musharraf', is planning to hold the event on or around July 18 after his return next week from his current Middle East tour, which he is said to be, undertaking on an aircraft specially sent for him by one of the Gulf rulers. The members of the group believe that Musharraf was the best thing that had ever happened to Pakistan and that the country never had it so good except during his tenure. The group wants to re-launch the retired general into Pakistani politics soon after the two-year post-retirement mandatory period comes to an end in September this year and is confident that his return would be even more triumphant than the one which was witnessed during Benazir Bhutto's 1986 return home. Politically, the timing would be just ripe as the present rulers by that time would have been exposed to the full and the people of Pakistan would be dying to welcome back their redeemer, said one of the leading organisers of the event who is also footing part of the bill. He said the event would not be a political meeting for understandable reasons, but a get-together of the like-minded British Pakistanis The term British Pakistani is used to denote a person of Pakistani ancestry or origin, who was born in or was an immigrant to the United Kingdom. Britain has a large Pakistani population since Pakistan was once apart of British India, once being the most populous portion of the with the former president "to show him the great esteem in which we hold him." (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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