Pervez Musharraf on Sunday ended nearly four years in self-exile by flying into Karachi despite Taliban death threat, saying he would face the security, political and legal challenges that lay ahead.
Musharraf, 69, along with his delegation of around 150 people including his party supporters and journalists landed at Jinnah International airport in Karachi by a chartered Emirates flight from Dubai.
Talking to reporters within the aircraft that flew him from Dubai to Karachi, a smiling Musharraf said: “It is (a) very emotional (moment). I’m going back after four years.”
“There are a lot of challenges. There are security challenges, legal challenges, political challenges. But I will face them,” Musharraf clad in a white shalwar-kameez said as he made his way out of the aircraft.
Geo News reported that the military authorities had through the defence ministry sent a letter to the interior ministry to provide security for the former president.
His planned press conference at the airport was cancelled and would be held later in the week in Islamabad.
“I am feeling nostalgic….I miss Pak…I love Pak…What people want, that will happen.”
Hundreds of Police and paramilitary rangers were present inside and outside the airport to provide security cover for the former President.
Sniffer dogs and scanners being used to check all incoming and outgoing vehicles and people coming to the airport.
–PTI