Senior government leaders, including Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, had earlier denied such reports.
Alvi, who is inclined towards the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, was a senior member of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s party before the cricketer-turned-politician made him the country’s President in 2018.
Pakistan is witnessing a rift between the judiciary and the government after a three-member bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice Uma Ata Bandial on Tuesday fixed May 14 as the new date for elections to the Punjab Assembly and quashed the Election Commission’s decision to extend the date of the poll from April 10 to October 8.
Musharraf, the last military dictator of Pakistan, followed a template similar to two of his predecessors, General Ayub Khan and General Zia-ul-Haq, of turning their political masters into immediate foes.
Pervez Musharraf, who seized power in a bloodless coup and later led a reluctant Pakistan into aiding the US war in Afghanistan against the Taliban, has died, an official said Sunday.
During the meeting, Alvi, and Khan also exchanged views of the dire political and economic situation of the country.
Underlining that there is a need to "bury the hatchet", former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf today said the Kashmir issue, the "root cause which spawns war", needs to be resolved.
India has sought dates from Pakistan for a bilateral meeting between the Home Secretaries of the two countries after May 22 when the Budget session of Parliament comes to an end.
Senior officials in this pilgrim city today held a meeting to fine-tune and coordinate preparations for Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari's visit here on April 8.
Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari will meet with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during the first visit to India by a Pakistani head of state since 2005, his spokesman said, with relations between the nuclear-armed rivals at their warmest in years.
President Asif Ali Zardari is expected soon to make the first visit to India by a Pakistani head of state since 2005, with relations between the nuclear-armed rivals at their warmest in years.
Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari had a "mild" stroke that caused bleeding in the brain and facial paralysis before he was flown to Dubai for treatment, a media report said on Friday.