Islamabad/Dubai, Aug. 26 : Sources close to Pakistan’s former military ruler Pervez Musharraf have revealed that he may consider seizing power again, only a year after a marathon 9-year innings at the helm.

“Musharraf is planning a return to power. He is discussing it with his close aides. He is not done yet,” a source close to the former president said.

Sources said Musharraf, who quit in August 2008 under immense national and international pressure, has called a meeting of his aides in Dubai to discuss his return.

“The date for the meeting has not yet been finalised but Mr. Musharraf will be flying to Dubai from London this week and then will summon his close aides there,” the source said.

Musharraf recently held meeting with his close political aides and some mayors in London to discuss his future political ambitions, The Pakistan Daily reports.

Musharraf also met senior Pakistan Muslim League –Quaid (PML-Q) leader Humayun Akhtar.

Meanwhile, former Prime Minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has rejected Musharraf’s request to work together to unify the different factions of the Pakistan Muslim League- Quaid (PML-Q).

“I can’t do it for Musharraf. He is clearly backing the rebel group,” Hussain said.

Musharraf had reportedly told his close aid Moonis Elahi during their meeting in London that he was ready to resolve the PML-Q’s infighting if Hussain resigns from the party president’s post paving the way for him to the top slot.

When asked about the issue, PML-Q Secretary General, Mushahid Hussain Sayed, said his party has a clear cut agenda according to which there was no role for the former dictator in the country’s political arena.

Sayed said Musharraf is on a foreign tour and is unlikely to return to the country to fulfill his political desires.

“I think he (Musharraf) has gone and has no plans to return to the country. There is no chance for his return to the political field and we wish him good luck,” he said. (ANI)