General Musharraf to be Mr Musharraf by year-end: PML

Pakistan Muslim League Secretary General Mushahid Hussain has said that President General Pervez Musharraf would doff his uniform by the end of the year.

Washington, Aug 6 : Pakistan Muslim League Secretary General Mushahid Hussain has said that President General Pervez Musharraf would doff his uniform by the end of the year.

"I would expect that around New Year Day, you'll see General Pervez Musharraf transformed into Mr Pervez Musharraf, with a designer suit rather than the khaki uniform he has worn for the past 43 years," the Daily Times quoted Mushadid, as saying.

He further said that recent developments have been a "chastening experience for the President. "

"General Musharraf has had a good run for eight years. He has been offered another five years - but without absolute authority he once exercised," Mushadid added.

He, however, said that Musharraf is victim of his own success.

"In some ways, Musharraf is a victim of his own success. He has presided over a period of prosperity for middle class. He has allowed a proliferation of media outlets," Mushadid said.

ANI