Pakistani Taliban threaten to assassinate ex-President Pervez Musharraf

After resigning in 2008, Pervez Musharraf spent five years in self-imposed exile in London and Dubai.

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• Authorities also threaten to arrest Musharraf if he returns
• The former president has been in self-imposed exile for five years
• The former general became president in a bloodless military coup in 1999
• Benazir Bhutto was assassinated on his watch, and some blame him for not protecting her

- The Pakistani Taliban vowed to assassinate former President Pervez Musharraf if he returns to the country as planned Sunday, a spokesman for the terrorist group said in a video message online.

Tehrik-i-Taliban will send out a "death squad" to kill him, Ehsanullah Ehsan said Saturday.

One of the squad members addressed Musharraf in English, demanding the former president surrender himself.

After resigning in 2008, Musharraf spent five years in self-imposed exile in London and Dubai.