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DAWN.COM | National | Musharraf offered job in Washington
WASHINGTON, Jan 31: Former president Pervez Musharraf has been offered a job in Washington: Pakistan chair at the Middle East Institute.
Mr Musharraf also met former US vice-president Dick Cheney who is still in Washington although the Bush administration completed its tenure on Jan 20.
Also, the US State Department has indicated that Mr Musharraf might have met senior officials at the Pentagon during his three-day stay in the US capital.
The departments spokesman Robert Wood told a briefing that hes not aware of the meetings Mr Musharraf may have had with US officials but he asked reporters to check with other departments, saying that one place to start would be the Pentagon.
Mr Musharraf arrived in the US two weeks ago.
This week he spent three days in Washington where he met American scholars, think-tank experts and friends.
He is to leave New York for home on Saturday.
Pakistans Ambassador to the US Husain Haqqani also attended a reception hosted by the Middle East Institute.
The institutes head, former US ambassador to Pakistan Wendy Chamberlain, also urged Mr Musharraf to be their next scholar-in-residence on Pakistan. The institute is willing to create a special Pakistan chair, should Mr Musharraf accept the offer.
Sources close to Mr Musharraf say the former president seems interested in the offer, which will give him a chance to write another book on his experience as the head of a country considered key to US security.
Mr Musharraf also attended a dinner hosted by a prominent Pakistani physician Dr Pervez Shah, who recently visited Pakistan and met Nawaz Sharif.
The US administration provided full protocol and security to the former president.
Asked who paid for Mr Musharrafs security arrangements, the State Department spokesman said hes a former head of state and urged the journalist who asked the question to check with the Pakistan Embassy in Washington.
The embassy, however, said they did not pay for Mr Musharrafs security.
WASHINGTON, Jan 31: Former president Pervez Musharraf has been offered a job in Washington: Pakistan chair at the Middle East Institute.
Mr Musharraf also met former US vice-president Dick Cheney who is still in Washington although the Bush administration completed its tenure on Jan 20.
Also, the US State Department has indicated that Mr Musharraf might have met senior officials at the Pentagon during his three-day stay in the US capital.
The departments spokesman Robert Wood told a briefing that hes not aware of the meetings Mr Musharraf may have had with US officials but he asked reporters to check with other departments, saying that one place to start would be the Pentagon.
Mr Musharraf arrived in the US two weeks ago.
This week he spent three days in Washington where he met American scholars, think-tank experts and friends.
He is to leave New York for home on Saturday.
Pakistans Ambassador to the US Husain Haqqani also attended a reception hosted by the Middle East Institute.
The institutes head, former US ambassador to Pakistan Wendy Chamberlain, also urged Mr Musharraf to be their next scholar-in-residence on Pakistan. The institute is willing to create a special Pakistan chair, should Mr Musharraf accept the offer.
Sources close to Mr Musharraf say the former president seems interested in the offer, which will give him a chance to write another book on his experience as the head of a country considered key to US security.
Mr Musharraf also attended a dinner hosted by a prominent Pakistani physician Dr Pervez Shah, who recently visited Pakistan and met Nawaz Sharif.
The US administration provided full protocol and security to the former president.
Asked who paid for Mr Musharrafs security arrangements, the State Department spokesman said hes a former head of state and urged the journalist who asked the question to check with the Pakistan Embassy in Washington.
The embassy, however, said they did not pay for Mr Musharrafs security.
