US wanted safe exit for Musharraf: US envoy

ISLAMABAD - The US ambassador to Pakistan has said Washington wanted a safe exit for former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf, a media report said Sunday.

US Ambassador to Pakistan Anne W. Patterson said Saturday that the US had wanted a peaceful transition to democracy and dignified retirement for Musharraf, Daily Times reported on its site Sunday quoting a private TV channel.

Now he (Musharraf) has become a thing of the past and we have no position on him, she said.

Patterson added that the demands for Musharraf’s trial under Article 6 of Pakistan’s constitution were the country’s internal matter.