Musharraf will rule Pakistan, until assassinated: Website

Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf will be elected for a full presidential term again when he contests for the same later this year, and will continue to rule the country unless and until he is assassinated, an Indian website has predicted.

New Delhi, July 30 : Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf will be elected for a full presidential term again when he contests for the same later this year, and will continue to rule the country "unless and until he is assassinated," an Indian website has predicted.

According to politicsparty.com, Musharraf has proved more cunning than his opponents, and the Pakistan Army needs him as the "political President" to overwhelm the country's political parties and their leaders.

"Pakistan's middle classes and ordinary people are impressed by Musharraf's courage in combating Islamic Terrorists. They want Musharraf to stay until the terrorists in Pakistani society are weed out," says the website.

The prediction assumes significance as National Security Adviser M. K. Narayanan has said that the "worst is over" for Musharraf, who had been facing severe backlash after suspending Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhary.

In an interview to private news channel CNN-IBN, Narayanan said there is no major "dent" in Musharraf's influence after the reinstating of Justice Chaudhary and the Lal Masjid episode.

Describing Musharraf as a "credible interlocutor," Narayanan said, "I personally don't think that there has been a major dent in President Musharraf's influence," adding that there was no doubt that the Pakistani leader remained the man India could do business with.

ANI