Pervez Musharraf under pressure to delay return to Pakistan I do feel endangered. There is a danger certainly, but you take your own protection and then leave things to destiny. Nobody can ensure you 100 per cent protection," he said in what appeared to be a pre-recorded interview. He admitted that his arrest was possible but said he would "like to remain out" of the crisis currently engulfing the government, army and judiciary. On Wednesday, Interior Minister Rehman Malik told the upper house of parliament that Musharraf would be arrested if he returns as planned. Despite widespread disillusionment with the current government over power cuts, inflation, unemployment and the unpopular US alliance, few believe that the ex-dictator is the answer to Pakistan's troubles. He faces two Pakistani court warrants for his arrest - connected to the 2006 death of Akbar Bugti, a rebel leader in the southwest and the 2007 assassination of ex-prime minister Benazir Bhutto. Pakistan's crisis on Thursday saw the prime minister hauled before the Supreme Court on contempt proceedings at a time of enormous pressure with the army over alleged efforts to clip the military's wings with American help. I personally feel he should not come. The current situation is not in his favour and the atmosphere is hostile," Hamid Nawaz, a former general and Musharraf's former interior minister, told AFP. He said Musharraf's fledgling APML party was ill-prepared to contest elections and that the former ruler would not be safe in Pakistan. He faces security issues. The war on terror began in his rule, he had the Red Mosque siege and there is the murder case of tribal leader Akbar Bugti whose clan has already announced a cash reward for his killing," Nawaz said. The military has not publicly announced that it would guarantee his safety and retired lieutenant general Talat Masood also warned against his return. This is not the right time for him to come. It will be difficult for the government to provide security," Masood said, dismissing his aims as "unrealistic" and his party as "politically bankrupt." "He is taking a political step and the military cannot do much because there are cases against him and he may be arrested," he added. Musharraf was forced to step down in August 2008 after the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) formed a government following elections.