Musharraf's luxury retirement Home

[Kulfi]

اسلام آباد کے علاقے چک شہزاد میں واقع فارم ہاؤس کی تعمیر کا ٹھیکہ پانچ مخلتف لوگوں کے پاس ہے۔ ملازم نے (بتایا کہ صدر مشرف چند روز پہلے اپنی بیگم اور ایک خاتون کے ساتھ آئے تھے۔ (تحریروتصاویر ذیشان ظف



فارم ہاؤس کے چاروں اطراف خار دار تاریں لگی ہوئی ہیں جبکہ اندر آنے جانے کے گیٹ ہر وقت بند رکھے جاتے ہیں۔

(Source: BBC)

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This luxurious home in the quiet suburbs of Islamabad, less than six weeks from completion, has been built by Pervez Musharraf as a retirement home for himself and his wife. What he had probably not expected when he commissioned the house four years ago was that he might need it as a bolt-hole should his opponents force him from office.

Amid mounting speculation as to whether Mr Musharraf will resign or fight impeachment charges, there has been much talk as to where the President will live. The most likely destinations floated to date include the US, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and even Britain. But yesterday it was reported that Mr Musharraf was insisting that should he stand down, he wishes to retire to his Mediterranean-style home set in five acres of land.

"Most of what you see is his input, along with mine," said Mr Husain, as a team of labourers slaved beneath the blistering sun. "He has gone into the detail, he has been part of it and comes here to look at things." Mr Husain, a family friend of the Musharrafs, said the President's wife, Sehba, had chosen the curtains and fittings for the house, estimated at £1.25m.

Mr Husain said Mr Musharraf had a taste for greenery and that every room in the house was designed to have a view of the surrounding countryside.
The property has been designed to be energy efficient, and a shaded terrace will allow the former commando to enjoy an evening cigar and tumbler of whisky.

Even with his pool and newly laid-out grounds awaiting him, his lawyers insist Mr Musharraf is not ready for gardening duty just yet.

The news contributed by Andrew Buncombe and Omar Waraich in Chak Shahzad of independent.co.uk
(Source: The Independent )

[Paindoo]

It is not a secret. The expense however is a secret but it is expected.
How many years was he in office again ....... ?

I had seen the house myself when i went to visit pakistan this year.