Pakistan News: Pervez Musharraf thinks he has a good chance of winning the next presidential election. He says he is not confident of victory, but it's better to try and fail to lift the “darkness” enveloping the nation than to make no effort.
The ex-president told BBC News in an interview that he wants to help the country regain its self-confidence, saying Pakistan is in a “pathetic” situation. When asked if he is confident of becoming the next president of Pakistan, Musharraf replied: “No I can’t be assured, I can’t be confident, but I believe there is a good chance of my winning on the political scene. I haven’t decided whether I’m going to be president or anything, but however, winning first of all in the next election is the issue".
When asked about fears that money donated towards flood relief in Pakistan might end up lost in corruption, he said: “There is corruption in Pakistan, there is no doubt about it, it is heartbreaking how people are not bothered about the country. They have a lot of money and yet they are corrupt”.
Musharraf said the advice to the donors he would like to give is that they ought to be careful on who they are giving the money to. “One thing that I would like to advise when you give your money, a donor or an organization getting the money, it’s good that they show so many hundred thousand dollars collected but we should ask how much is going to the people?”, he said.
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