NEW YORK, Nov 13: Presi-dent Pervez Musharraf has quashed speculation that he is planning an interim political government or changes in his cabinet.

When asked if there was any truth in such reports during his briefing to Pakistani correspondents, he said: “The chances of an interim arrangement, or changes in the cabinet or establishment of a political government are zero.”

Then he added, not without a broad smile, “Zero over zero, zero into zero, zero plus zero, multiplied by zero and zero equal to zero.” Asked if all these zeros were on record, he replied: “Yes, every one of them.”—APP