Pervez Musharraf New Political Pakistan Party Begins

"I am aware of the fact that there were some decisions which I took which resulted in negative political repercussions, repercussions which had adverse effects on nation building and national political events, and my popularity also, may I say, plummeted in that last year. I take this opportunity to sincerely apologise to the whole nation. Ladies and gentlemen, only God is infallible."

"I take this opportunity to sincerely apologize to the whole nation for those wrong decisions," he told a meeting of several hundred supporters, which was also broadcast live on screens in the Pakistani cities of Lahore and Karachi.

“We cannot allow Pakistan to disintegrate, that cannot be allowed. No Pakistani will allow that, no Pakistani wants that. So who’s the saviour?. The army can do it. Can anyone else do it? No, nobody else can do it,” he said. Musharraf said the insurgents could be defeated, but warned Western plans to pull their troops out would be counterproductive as it would “boost” homegrown extremism that was inspired by the Taliban.