Washington, Feb 26: US President George W. Bush's has praised President Pervez Musharraf for responding to all the steps that Washington proposed in fighting terrorism and restoring democracy in Pakistan.

"Well, the President Bush does support Musharraf for all the work that he has done to help us in counterterrorism, and if you look at what we asked President Musharraf to do, which is to take off the uniform, set free and fair elections and lift emergency order - he did all of those things," White House spokesperson Dana Parino said.

"And so now it is up to the people of Pakistan to see what their new government would look like - but the president does certainly support him and has continued to," the Press Secretary said. (ANI)