Pakistan Denies Coup Rumors
Government and military officials Sunday denied rumors of a coup attempt against President Pervez Musharraf while he was visiting the United States.
Journalists were inundated with telephone calls and text messages asking about the rumors, which coincided with a widespread power outage.
Pakistani Information Minister Mohammad Ali Durrani, who is traveling with Musharraf in New York, told Reuters: “These rumors were sparked by the power breakdown. These are baseless.
“These rumors spread because televisions were off and telephones were on.”
A military official who declined to be identified said, “It’s totally rubbish.”
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