Suspension of Constitution not treason: ex-servicemen
Say humiliation of defence forces won’t be tolerated
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Ex-servicemen Association (PESA) General Secretary Brigadier (Retd) Syed Masud-ul-Hassan on Saturday said trial of army has been started in the middle of the Musharraf’s treason trial which is discrimination.
PESA has always supported democracy in Pakistan and promoted culture of accountability but it will never accept humiliation of defence forces by certain elements, he said.
Hitting dignity of army is harmful to the nation, country and democracy which must be stopped, Syed Masud-ul-Hassan said while talking to Dr Murtaza Mughal, President of the Pakistan Economy Watch.
How come former president Asif Zardari got immunity in Swiss case despite the fact that he stashed billions of ill-gotten money in Swiss banks before becoming the President of Pakistan but former COAS and president Musharraf is not considered immune, he questioned.
The former military strategist said that Parliament and all those institutions who provided constitutional and legal cover to the actions of Musharraf are equally responsible for the crime but they are being ignored which is against the norms of justice.
Suspension of the constitution is not considered high treason anywhere in the world, he said adding that, treason is applied to someone who provides state secrets to enemy country in the US and many other countries.
Masud-ul-Hassan said that the case against actual traitor who invited armed forces of enemy countries against Pakistan Army has been deliberately put into the cold storage which is unfortunate as well as double standard.
At the occasion, Dr Murtaza Mughal, President of the Pakistan Economy Watch said that Indira Gandhi suspended the Constitution and imposed emergency.
That was set aside by Supreme Court but she was never blamed or tried for high treason and her family is still ruling India.
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Hitting dignity of army is harmful to the nation, country and democracy which must be stopped, Syed Masud-ul-Hassan said while talking to Dr Murtaza Mughal, President of the Pakistan Economy Watch.
Suspension of the constitution is not considered high treason anywhere in the world, he said adding that, treason is applied to someone who provides state secrets to enemy country in the US and many other countries.
