Former Pakistani President on his way home

       
Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf is heading from Dubai to his homeland after more than four years in exile.                 

Musharraf has been living in self-exile in London and Dubai for the last five years. He risks possible arrest in connection with the killing of an ex-prime minister, while the Pakistani Taliban says they have an assassination team ready for him if he steps foot in the country.           

He first declared his intention to go back earlier this year. On Saturday, he gave a news conference in Dubai confirming that he would be arriving in the port city of Karachi to take part in May 11 elections despite the "fear of the unknown." The former four-star general plans to travel there accompanied by journalists and supporters of his political party, All Pakistan Muslim League.              

But just hours after the announcement, the Pakistan Taliban released a video threatening to unleash suicide bombers and snipers against Musharraf if he comes back. One of the two people speaking in the video was Adnan Rashid, a former Pakistani air force officer convicted in an attack against Musharraf.  The Taliban broke Rashid, along with nearly 400 other detainees, out of Bannu prison last year.


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