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"A gone man", says Sharif

Hasan Suroor

LONDON: The former Pakistan Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, has said that President Pervez Musharraf is "a gone man now'' and his fall is "simply a matter of time''.

Mr. Sharif, who lives in exile in Dubai and London since he was ousted by Gen. Musharraf in a coup in 1999, told The Times that the Pakistan President was running out of options in the face of growing public protests.

Protests

"Protests are in every nook and cranny of the country. It is a positive development that people are realising that the dictator is destroying institutions,'' he said.

Claiming that the Musharraf regime was on the verge of collapse, Mr. Sharif said: "His options are totally exhausted and starting from today his [fall] is simply a matter of time.''

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