ARY TV channel gave a copy of the tape, whose authenticity could not immediately be verified, to The Associated Press.
It is not clear when the tape was made, but it includes apparently recent pictures of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and others in the ruling coalition, indicating it was created after the February election.
In the tape, Al Zawahri lists a litany of charges against President Musharraf, including that of “betraying Muslims by supporting the
“Pervez (Musharraf) has insulted and compromised Pakistan's sovereignty by allowing the CIA and FBI to operate freely in Pakistan and arrest, interrogate, torture, deport and detain any person, whether Pakistani or not, for as long as they like, thus turning the Pakistani army and security agencies into hunting dogs in the contemporary crusade.”
Al Zawahri also mentions last year's military siege of Lal Masjid. He also criticised Army Chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani.
He urged Pakistanis to “rise up and fight the
Faizullah Khan, a reporter for the channel, claimed that the tape had been delivered by a man on a motorbike.
The tape also includes clips of President Musharraf's interviews and other video segments, including footages of his speeches.
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He apologises for speaking “the language of the Muslims' enemies” but notes he does not speak the 'charming' Urdu language and that most Pakistanis do not know Arabic.
AFP adds ARY TV channel said Monday that parts of the tape were withheld because they were too sensitive. “Some portions of the video were not telecast due to sensitivities and personal attacks,” channel deputy director, Mazhar Abbas, told AFP.
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