ISLAMABAD, Aug 8 Former president Pervez Musharraf will make a formal announcement about his plan to enter politics next month, according to the chief coordinator of the retired general's All Pakistan Muslim League.

Chaudhry Shahbaz Hussain, a federal minister in the Musharraf-led government, said at a news conference on Sunday that APML planned to organise a convention next month which the former president would address by telephone to announce his decision to join politics.

He said Mr Musharraf, who is living in self-exile in London, had announced a donation of 10 million rupees which would be distributed among flood victims in cash.