President General Pervez Musharraf said on Friday he had decided to contest the presidential election for another term because the country needs him. Talking to federal and provincial ministers, senators, members of the national and Punjab Assembly, and district nazims from Gujranwala, Kasur, Okara, Sialkot, Hafizabad, Sheikhupura, Gujrat, Mandi Bahauddin, Narowal and Lahore at Chief Minister's Secretariat here, President Musharraf said that he wanted to complete the mega projects and reforms introduced by him in the next presidential term.
A Pakistan Muslim League member who attended the meeting told Daily Times that President Musharraf denied that Pakistan was fighting the war against terrorism under foreign pressure. The president told the public representatives that the government had decided to participate in the war against terrorism in Pakistan's interest, he said.