Musharraf did not uphold the Gladstonian tradition while he was in office for almost nine years, from October 1999 to August 2008. Indeed, he admitted as much in his speech at the launch of his political party, the All Pakistan Muslim League, from a safe distance of thousands of miles from an increasingly turbulent Pakistan.
巴基斯坦前总统佩尔韦兹·穆沙拉夫决定要重返巴基斯坦政坛，尽管尚未回到巴基斯坦。他在伦敦的国家自由俱乐部中宣布了这个决定。国家自由俱乐部是威廉·格莱斯顿和其他英国议会传统的忠实拥护者在19世纪成立的一个机构。