| "The so-called champions of democracy are misleading the nation against the referendum. What can be more democratic than the fact that I am standing here, asking 140 million people whether I should remain the president," Musharraf, clad in off-white shalwar qameez said at a big public meeting at Arbab Niaz Cricket Stadium in Peshawar. He was particularly harsh upon religious parties, which, he said, had no right to dub others as un-Islamic. Referring to the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal, a conglomerate of religious parties opposed to his rule, he said: "We are all Muslims. No one has the right to champion the cause of Islam." |