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Musharraf said he would resign if the opposition parties tried to impeach him after next months elections.
Musharrafs remarks came as police tried to identify a suicide bomber who blew himself up in Lahore on Thursday, killing 24 people and adding to pressure on the former general as he struggles to stay in office eight years after seizing power in military coup.
Musharraf is also under gathering domestic political pressure.
The party of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto and the other main opposition grouping are predicted to make gains in the Feb 18 polls. They have vowed to oust Musharraf if they emerge as winners. Musharraf is seen as vulnerable to impeachment over his decision to fire Supreme Court judges and suspend the Constitution last year.
If that (impeachment) happens, let me assure that Id be leaving office before they would do anything. If they won with this kind of majority and they formed a government that had the intention of doing this, I wouldnt like to stick around, he said. I would like to quit the scene.
Thursdays blast targeting police officers outside the High Court in the eastern city of Lahore was the latest in a series of bloody attacks in the country.
At least 20 suicide bombers have struck in the past three months, killing 400 people, many of them from the security forces -- the most intense period of terror strikes here since Pakistan allied with the US in its war against Al Qaeda and other extremist groups in 2001.Agencies
Musharraf says he will quit if opposition tries to impeach him: US warned against intervention -DAWN - Top Stories; January 12, 2008
Musharrafs remarks came as police tried to identify a suicide bomber who blew himself up in Lahore on Thursday, killing 24 people and adding to pressure on the former general as he struggles to stay in office eight years after seizing power in military coup.
Musharraf is also under gathering domestic political pressure.
The party of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto and the other main opposition grouping are predicted to make gains in the Feb 18 polls. They have vowed to oust Musharraf if they emerge as winners. Musharraf is seen as vulnerable to impeachment over his decision to fire Supreme Court judges and suspend the Constitution last year.
If that (impeachment) happens, let me assure that Id be leaving office before they would do anything. If they won with this kind of majority and they formed a government that had the intention of doing this, I wouldnt like to stick around, he said. I would like to quit the scene.
Thursdays blast targeting police officers outside the High Court in the eastern city of Lahore was the latest in a series of bloody attacks in the country.
At least 20 suicide bombers have struck in the past three months, killing 400 people, many of them from the security forces -- the most intense period of terror strikes here since Pakistan allied with the US in its war against Al Qaeda and other extremist groups in 2001.Agencies
Musharraf says he will quit if opposition tries to impeach him: US warned against intervention -DAWN - Top Stories; January 12, 2008
