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Musharraf says he won't quit

Pakistan President says he has no plans to resign, and wants to work with new government

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  • Published: 09:26 February 20, 2008
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  • President Musharraf said there would only be a clash if the prime minister and president were trying to get rid of each other
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Islamabad: Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has said he has no plans to resign, despite calls from opposition politicians to quit.

His position as president has been weakened by the crushing defeat his PML-Q party has suffered in the general election.

A coalition between the two main opposition parties (the late Benazir Bhutto's PPP and former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's PML-N) could give them enough seats to attempt to impeach Musharraf.

Sharif also said on Tuesday night that Musharraf should quite because the people have given him their verdict.

But speaking to the Wall Street Journal, the president said he would like to work with the new government and had no intention of quitting.

"I would like to function with any party and any coalition because that is in the interest of Pakistan.

"The clash would be if the prime minister and president would be trying to get rid of each other. I only hope we would avoid these clashes.''

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