Islamabad  - Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf on Saturday denied reports that he is planning to go into exile after resigning.

"I will live here and die here ... I don't have a house anywhere outside Pakistan and I don't want to have one," he told selected members of the media in Islamabad.

Musharraf, a retired general who took over in a military coup in 1999, has been under growing pressure to step down since February 18 when his political backers lost heavily in parliamentary elections.

Some media reports have suggested in recent days that the embattled leader has made up his mind to quit and opt for exile, preferably in Turkey or Britain.

But Musharraf said he had a good working relationship with the new government.

"I have been elected as the president of Pakistan, constitutionally ... I am performing my functions according to the constitution and there is no interference (from my side in the affairs of the government). (dpa)