Video shows musharraf seeking covert us support to regain power
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In an embarrassment to the former Pakistani dictator, Pervez Musharraf, a leaked video purportedly showed him seeking covert US support to regain power and telling American lawmakers that he
was ‘ashamed’ of the ISI being negligent about the al Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden's whereabouts. General (retd) Musharraf, 75, was Pakistan's president between 2001 and 2008,
before resigning to avoid impeachment. The former army chief has been living in Dubai since March 2016 after he left for medical treatment and has not returned since, citing security and
health reasons. He is facing a case of treason for suspending the Constitution in 2007, a punishable offence for which he was indicted in 2014.