Musharraf's exit could turn Pakistan around: Haqqani

NEW YORK - Pakistan's Ambassador to the United States Husain Haqqani, addressing concerns in some US circles over Pervez Musharraf's departure, has said the former president's resignation was not anyone's loss, rather it could help turn the country around and that would be the world's gain.

“Mr. Musharraf’s exit is not a loss. It is an opportunity to jump-start a much more durable and stable relationship between the U.S. and Pakistan as nations sharing democratic values,” he wrote in an article published in The Wall Stree Journal on Thursday.

Ambassador Haqqani reaffirmed the elected government’s resolve to focus on the pressing economic, food and energy challenges facing Pakistan and said it has the ability to secure popular support to restore peace in the tribal areas and defeat violent extremists.