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Almost nine year rule ended in a sad way for Musharraf and he was forced to resign from his office otherwise must be kick out within few days. Different personalities acted as follow.

Dr Qadeer Khan

Musharraf was a curse on the nation and nation has been released after his resignation. Dr Qadeer Khan is a founder of Pakistan atomic power.

Maulvi Omer

Taliban leader Maulvi Omer welcomed the resignation and hope for a peace deal with government. He stated Musharraf was the root cause of tension in Pakistan.

Parnab Mukherji

Purnab Mukherji stated that the resignation is an internal affair of Pakistan.

President Bush

This is a positive move towards democracy.

Nawaz Shareef

Musharraf resignation is a win for democracy.

All the leaders responded as Musharraf was the culprit but now the need is to learn lesson from past and go for the prosperity of the country.

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 President Pervez Musharraf will address the nation today at 1pm in which he is expected to resign according to reports. Some sources confirmed to Geo News that president could announce his resignation in todays address to the nation.

President Musharraf has made up his mind to resign before the impeachment motion is tabled in the assembly sources confirmed and according to Geo News correspondent, some friend countries were trying to broker a deal to protect and save President Musharraf. President Musharraf has agreed to resign on the condition that he would be given indemnity and would not be tried, sources said. Sources further said the president would address the nation as part of understanding. When contacted by Geo News President’s spokesman Rashid Qureshi said President would not resign and added he was unaware of any decision regarding resignation. However he later confirmed that President Musharraf would address to the nation at 1pm afternoon today & according to some sources, it was agreed by political powers that President Pervez Musharraf would stay at Army House in Rawalpindi for short period even after resignation.

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 President Pervez Musharraf said Monday that he was not ready to resign instead he would face the impeachment process from the ruling alliance and this he said while holding meeting with Governor Sindh Ishrat-ul-Ibad Khan in Islamabad.

I would analyze and retaliate the allegations leveled against me in a charge sheet before setting the future course of action he added and on the occasion the governor said that MQM would continue to support President in this context and would openly oppose the impeachment move.

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Rumours that President Pervez Musharraf is on his way out took the country by storm on Thursday severely affecting the public and commercial life. Despite repeated denials from the quarters concerned the mill continued to churn out rumours of various kinds till they were quashed by President Musharraf himself in the night. President Musharraf refuted the stories which were based on his Wednesday nights three hour meeting with Chief of the Army Staff Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, at a farewell dinner given to Gen retd Khalid Maqbool the former governor of Punjab at the Presidency and at the dinner which was also attended by Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, the army chief, all the four provincial governors and federal ministers Syed Khursheed Shah and Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar the president put up a brave face and observed that the rumour had caused a huge loss to national economy. The rumour first had its effect on the Karachi stock market which saw a 500 point fall during the first hour of the day. People throughout the day kept on ringing newspapers offices asking different questions including if Mr Musharraf was leaving for Turkey in the night, or has Mr Musharraf been arrested or has the president resigned? Reports of Senate chairman Mohammadmian Soomro having been asked to cut short his foreign tour further fuelled the speculations. Mr Soomro in Berlin to attend a Nato parliamentary session was scheduled to return in the first week of June. However there were reports that he had cut short his visit and was expected to return early Friday morning. A section of media linked the otherwise a routine transfer of the Commander of 111 Brigade Asim Bajwa to a possible change at the top. Later it was denied by an army spokesman who said the change was a routine practice and the president on the other hand, termed his meeting with the army chief a routine one saying that he had already met Gen Kayani 6 times in recent weeks.A spokesman for the Presidency quoted the president as saying. The purpose of these rumours is to create unrest in the country and also give an impression that there are differences between the president and the army whereas that is not true. The president assured the prime minister of his fullest cooperation. I do not believe in confrontation rather I believe in reconciliation approach  said President Musharraf, who had also held a one to one meeting with the prime minister before the start of the dinner. The panic created due to the rumours need to be redressed said the president, adding and those who are spreading these rumours are not safeguarding interests of Pakistan because their irresponsible acts have caused a loss of billions of dollars to national economy. The president has been under immense pressure to step down, especially after PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari described him a relic of the past. However the situation took a more serious turn when PML N chief Nawaz Sharif adopted a tough line on Wednesday and said that instead of giving a safe passage to President Musharraf, they would like to try him on charges of sedition.

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Pakistan Muslim League-N Chief Nawaz Sharif said impeachment of President Pervez Musharraf had already been undertaken on February 18 and only formality remains to be fulfilled now and addressing a packed press conference here he announced that his nomination papers for participating in the by-elections have been accepted. PML-N chief claimed that he will contest the by elections from the NA-123 constituency in Lahore and that there are no appeals against his candidature. Nawaz Sharif also announced withdrawal of his nomination papers from NA-52 in Rawalpindi. He also revealed that the appeal against his candidature had been withdrawn and that there are no objections against him or Shahbaz Sharif contesting the bye polls and during the press conference Nawaz came out strongly against President Pervez Musharraf and alleged that the President along with Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar were conspiring against the Sharif brothers.

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