Former Army Chief General Pervez Musharraf was prosecuted just because he was a Mohajir.MQM supremo Altaf Hussain
None of the aiding generals who actually initiated and finally toppled Sharif's government was prosecuted under Article 6
LONDON. February 5, 2023:
The MQM supremo Altaf Hussain has said that former Army Chief and President General Pervez Musharraf was prosecuted and discriminated for the suspending the constitution simply owing to the domicile of Karachi and above all, just because he was a Mohajir.In a statement issued on the sad demise of former Army Chief and President General Pervez Musharraf, Mr. Hussain said that a military dictator is only a military dictator and the apex court of justice is the Supreme Court.In Pakistan, many generals abrogated the constitution and slashed the democracy by dismantling the constitution, he said, adding that astonishingly, late General Pervez Musharraf had to face the consequences through the act of treason, imprisonment and exile alone under Article 6 for abrogating the constitution, lambasted the MQM supremo.Such discrimination had spared simply owing to the domicile, he added further.Pervez Musharraf had domiciled in Karachi and above all, he hailed from a Mohajir nation, he remarked.
Mr. Hussain said that when the military had toppled the government of Nawaz Sharif in 1999, General Pervez Musharraf was not in the country but was in the air as he had back to the country from a foreign trip.He said that only General Pervez Musharraf was prosecuted for suspending the constitution while none of the aiding generals who actually initiated and finally toppled Sharif's government was prosecuted under Article 6 for subverting the constitution or aiding in it, he lamented.In clause 1 of the article 6 of the constitution of Pakistan, where the person who abrogates, subverts or suspends the constitution has been declared guilty of treason, under clause 2 of the article 6, the person who aids and abets in abrogating, subverting or suspending the constitution has also been declared guilty of high treason, the MQM supremo argued.But the case under Article 6 was only applied against General Pervez Musharraf, he deplored, adding that, however, the aides of General Pervez Musharraf, generals or the judges who validated the action of subverting and suspending the constitution were spared despite their sins not lesser than General Pervez Musharraf but the later alone faced the repercussions of the high treason act as laid in Article 6.
Mr. Hussain slammed the dual standards and said that this act of discrimination was owing to the difference in domicile between General Pervez Musharraf and other generals and judges.I am not justifying General Pervez Musharraf's act of breaching the constitution, but I am just exposing the dual standards. He clarified.Mr. Hussain also invited certain sections of the country and said that it is the legal and moral obligation of the intellectuals, TV anchors and journalists who hold the constitution sacred and advocated the sanctification of the constitution should now say per their conscience where the justice system has in the country gone?Failing to say the truth, I advise them to stop fooling the people by talking about the sanctity of the constitution, he advised.
General Pervez Musharraf had passed away in exile today. He had fought battles for the country, he informed.He prayed for the departed soul and said; May General Parvez Musharraf rest in peace in Heaven and the aggrieved family may find patience over such a colossal loss. Amen!