PML-N government will try Musharraf for treason: Report

PML-N leader Tariq Azeem says Nawaz Sharif has nothing personal against Musharraf.


Web Desk May 28, 2013
Pervez Musharraf. PHOTO: REUTERS/FILE

LAHORE: The incoming Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) government will hold the trial of former president Pervez Musharraf over charges of treason, reported Press Trust of India on Tuesday.

The report quoted PML-N parliamentarian Tariq Azeem as saying that the party has decided to try Musharraf for treason in the Supreme Court.

“General Musharraf had violated the Constitution and he should face the music,” he was quoted as saying.

Azeem added that prime minister-elect Nawaz Sharif has made it clear that he has no personal issue with Musharraf but “he should be tried for breaking the law and violating the Constitution”.

The retired general has been detained in his farmhouse in Islamabad since April 19 on charges of conspiracy to murder former premier Benazir Bhutto, sacking of judges when he imposed emergency rule in 2007, and the 2006 death of Akbar Bugti.

The caretaker government had refused to hold Musharraf’s trial, saying that it wanted to focus on conducting free and fair elections.

Senior political analyst Raza Rumi had said that the greatest dilemma PML-N faces for its incoming government is whether to prosecute Musharraf.

“If PML-N goes ahead with Musharraf’s trial it runs the risk of enraging Pakistan’s powerful military establishment. If not, then it loses the moral high ground it has maintained for a decade,” he told The Express Tribune.

COMMENTS (33)

Baba Shakkari | 10 years ago | Reply

@Shan:

"He is the next President of Pakistan."

It is unfortunate that in Pakistan we are confused and do not understand role of a President. Thanks to people like Zia, Musharraf and now Zardari. President according to our constitution is a ceremonial post and is head of state not head of government, so cannot make any policy decisions. That is job of a PM. If he is cleared of all the cases and miraculously becomes a president, AND follows our constitution, he would not be in any position to make any difference. I hope you are not suggesting him (as a future president) interfering in affairs of government and office of PM and once again insult our constitution.

Just as an example have you ever heard of President of India making any policy or operational decisions, it is always their PM.

Raza_88 | 10 years ago | Reply

Unbelievable. The guy who saved us from going bankrupt in 1999 when Mian Sahab left us with $300M reserves and a collapsed economy is going to be tried for treason? What treason? He was the best leader we ever had. How about trying Mian Saheb for not letting that plane land which could have killed hundreds? Seriously hope the army wont just sit and watch.

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