Pakistan’s Musharraf Apologizes, Starts New Party
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Pervez Musharraf, the army general who was Pakistan’s military ruler for nine years, apologized to the nation for past mistakes as he launched a new political party today.
The All Pakistan Muslim League, which Musharraf says has attracted about 300,000 followers on the social networking site Facebook, will wage a jihad, or holy struggle, against illiteracy and hunger. The 67 year-old general was speaking to reporters in London, his home since 2008