<p>The military also turned down Musharraf's request to use its influence to prevent his arrest on arrival in Pakistan for his alleged involvement in the killing of ex-premier Benazir Bhutto and Baloch nationalist leader Nawab Akbar Bugti, a media report said today.<br /><br />Musharraf, who resigned as President in 2008 and has been living in self-exile in Britain for the past two years, faces threats from Balochistan and the tribal areas, The Express Tribune newspaper quoted unnamed sources as saying.<br /><br />He is also one of the top targets of the Taliban and Baloch nationalist militants. The former President, who launched a new political party in October last year, has claimed several times that he will return to Pakistan to lead the All Pakistan Muslim League.<br /><br />Musharraf's aides told the daily that he has been seeking guarantees from the military leadership for more security than that to which he is entitled as a former President.<br /><br />"He is scared... naturally, the level of threat he faces is much higher... That's why he wanted to be dead sure that enemies couldn't get him if he comes back," said a friend of Musharraf who did not want to be named.<br /><br />"And of course who else other than the military, the army, can provide that sort of security," the friend said.<br /><br />Musharraf's hopes faded when the military hierarchy "cold-shouldered his demands for extra security to spearhead his politics in Pakistan," the report said.<br /><br />"It looks like they (military generals) are not interested in him and his political designs anymore... it is not their tradition to support a former chief's political gamble... because they are of no use," said another associate of Musharraf.<br /><br />Al-Qaeda, which operates in Pakistan's tribal areas with associates like the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, poses a threat to Musharraf.<br /><br />He was twice targeted by al-Qaeda's 313 Brigade and the Amjad Farooqi group of the Punjabi Taliban when he was the President.<br /><br />The military raid on Islamabad's Lal Masjid also turned all 'jihadi' groups against Musharraf.<br /><br />The killing of Baloch nationalist leader Akbar Bugti in 2006 too earned him the ire of militants of Balochistan.<br /><br />"And now he can be an easy prey for them... they might still want to get him whenever possible," said an unnamed friend of Musharraf. <br /><br /><br /></p>
<p>The military also turned down Musharraf's request to use its influence to prevent his arrest on arrival in Pakistan for his alleged involvement in the killing of ex-premier Benazir Bhutto and Baloch nationalist leader Nawab Akbar Bugti, a media report said today.<br /><br />Musharraf, who resigned as President in 2008 and has been living in self-exile in Britain for the past two years, faces threats from Balochistan and the tribal areas, The Express Tribune newspaper quoted unnamed sources as saying.<br /><br />He is also one of the top targets of the Taliban and Baloch nationalist militants. The former President, who launched a new political party in October last year, has claimed several times that he will return to Pakistan to lead the All Pakistan Muslim League.<br /><br />Musharraf's aides told the daily that he has been seeking guarantees from the military leadership for more security than that to which he is entitled as a former President.<br /><br />"He is scared... naturally, the level of threat he faces is much higher... That's why he wanted to be dead sure that enemies couldn't get him if he comes back," said a friend of Musharraf who did not want to be named.<br /><br />"And of course who else other than the military, the army, can provide that sort of security," the friend said.<br /><br />Musharraf's hopes faded when the military hierarchy "cold-shouldered his demands for extra security to spearhead his politics in Pakistan," the report said.<br /><br />"It looks like they (military generals) are not interested in him and his political designs anymore... it is not their tradition to support a former chief's political gamble... because they are of no use," said another associate of Musharraf.<br /><br />Al-Qaeda, which operates in Pakistan's tribal areas with associates like the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, poses a threat to Musharraf.<br /><br />He was twice targeted by al-Qaeda's 313 Brigade and the Amjad Farooqi group of the Punjabi Taliban when he was the President.<br /><br />The military raid on Islamabad's Lal Masjid also turned all 'jihadi' groups against Musharraf.<br /><br />The killing of Baloch nationalist leader Akbar Bugti in 2006 too earned him the ire of militants of Balochistan.<br /><br />"And now he can be an easy prey for them... they might still want to get him whenever possible," said an unnamed friend of Musharraf. <br /><br /><br /></p>