London, September 26: Pakistan’s ex-military ruler Pervez Musharraf, who calls himself “a born optimist”, says he plans to return to Islamabad to enter politics for the “greater cause” of the country, where the leadership has “failed.”
“I am very comfortable travelling around the world on lectures, but I am going into politics for the greater cause of Pakistan,” Musharraf told ‘The Sunday Telegraph’.
“The people have reached the end of their hopes and I want to try to rekindle their faith in both themselves and Pakistan itself. It would be better to try and fail rather than not to try at all.”
The former general, who has been living here since stepping down in 2008, is launching his own political party — the All Pakistan Muslim League.
–Agencies