Senate session: Senators criticise govt for being soft on Musharraf
Senators argue that Musharraf should have been sent to Attock Fort.
Former president Pervez Musharraf. PHOTO: AFP
ISLAMABAD:
Senators Ishaq Dar, Raza Rabbani, Mushahidullah Khan and Zahid Khan spoke out about what they called the ‘preferential treatment’ being meted out to former military ruler Pervez Musharraf.
Adressing a press conference after the senate session, they said that they would oversee the treatment of the former president, alleging that he was being given preferential treatment despite the fact that many cases were pending against him in different courts. They raised an objection over what they called the discriminatory approach of the caretaker government of keeping him in his farmhouse by declaring it a sub-jail rather than putting him behind bars in a prison after the rejection of his protective bail by the Islamabad High Court. The Senate also passed a resolution seeking his trial under article 6 for the abrogation of the Constitution. However, the MQM and PML-Q senators neither supported nor opposed the resolution.
Sources said senators from anti-Musharraf political parties would exert pressure on the caretaker government to review its decision and send Musharraf to Attock Fort if he faces security problems in Adiala jail, the same way Musharraf incarcerated former prime minister Nawaz Sharif.
The Senate chairman on Monday summoned the 93rd session of upper house scheduled for May 2. The session was summoned on the requisition of senators belonging to Pakistan Peoples party (PPP), Awami National Party (ANP) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N).
The submitted requisition, which was signed by around 33 members of the upper house, aimed to discuss the situation arising from the arrest of former president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf.
The house will also discuss the security situation with particular reference to the elections and the ongoing bomb attacks on certain political parties.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 27th, 2013.
Senators Ishaq Dar, Raza Rabbani, Mushahidullah Khan and Zahid Khan spoke out about what they called the ‘preferential treatment’ being meted out to former military ruler Pervez Musharraf.
Adressing a press conference after the senate session, they said that they would oversee the treatment of the former president, alleging that he was being given preferential treatment despite the fact that many cases were pending against him in different courts. They raised an objection over what they called the discriminatory approach of the caretaker government of keeping him in his farmhouse by declaring it a sub-jail rather than putting him behind bars in a prison after the rejection of his protective bail by the Islamabad High Court. The Senate also passed a resolution seeking his trial under article 6 for the abrogation of the Constitution. However, the MQM and PML-Q senators neither supported nor opposed the resolution.
Sources said senators from anti-Musharraf political parties would exert pressure on the caretaker government to review its decision and send Musharraf to Attock Fort if he faces security problems in Adiala jail, the same way Musharraf incarcerated former prime minister Nawaz Sharif.
The Senate chairman on Monday summoned the 93rd session of upper house scheduled for May 2. The session was summoned on the requisition of senators belonging to Pakistan Peoples party (PPP), Awami National Party (ANP) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N).
The submitted requisition, which was signed by around 33 members of the upper house, aimed to discuss the situation arising from the arrest of former president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf.
The house will also discuss the security situation with particular reference to the elections and the ongoing bomb attacks on certain political parties.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 27th, 2013.