US Suspension of Aid to Pakistan "Disastrous": Musharraf

He called the move "disastrous", telling an audience at Rice University in Houston, Texas that the aid cut-off is not in the best interest of the US because it will weaken Pakistan's ability to fight terrorism.

Musharraf said he is saddened by what he sees as the recent "environment of confrontation between Pakistan and the United States."

He says relations can be improved if the US further takes into concern Pakistani sensitivities and sovereignty. Ties between the two countries have been deteriorating since raid by US special forces that killed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden in northern Pakistan on May 2.

Musharraf again denied that Pakistani intelligence had any knowledge of bin Laden's whereabouts during his presidency, which ended in 2008.

Copyright PPI (Pakistan Press International), 2011