Newly-elected parliamentarians on Monday hailed Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s announcement to hold former president Pervez Musharraf’s trial under Article 6.
Talking to Pakistan Today, Opposition Leader in Punjab Assembly, PTI’s Mian Mahmoodur Rasheed, termed the decision a step in the right direction.
He said the trial of Musharraf was the demand of millions of people in the country. But trying Musharraf under Article 6 alone would not serve any purpose, he said.
“The government should proceed against all those who helped Musharraf in staging the coup,” he emphasised.
MPA Uzma Bukhari said it was a wrong perception that Musharraf’s trial would disturb civil-military relations or cause any tension between the institutions.
She said civil and military leaders were on the same page in this regard.
PML-N MPA Arif Sandhala said Musharraf’s trial would stop military intervention for all times to come.
Majid Zahoor hailed the decision and said Musharraf should be tried in other cases as well, including the murder cases of Benazir Bhutto and Nawab Akbar Bugti.