Ahmed Raza Kasuri, counsel for former president Pervez Musharraf, on Saturday said Musharraf was a commando and commandoes do not flee the battlefield.
Talking to reporters after meeting the Muttahida Qaumi Movement leaders at the Nine Zero, Kasuri said that some people were giving contradictory statements about the former president. Some people say that he was not sick and he was trying to avoid his treason trial, others say that his medical report was prepared in collusion with the army.
Kasuri said that Musharraf did not return to Pakistan under pressure, but he came back to safeguard the ideological and geographic boundaries of the country. He also said Musharraf knew that many cases were registered against him. He said that political victimisation was started right after Musharraf’s return to the country, adding that he wanted to contest May 11 general elections from four constituencies but he was disqualified under a conspiracy.
Kasuri said that Musharraf alone was being targeted under Article 6 and asserted that the action should be expanded to October 12, 1999 under the article so that action could be taken against all the involved elements.
He said that he fervidly prayed for the peace in the country at Quaid-e-Azam mausoleum before coming to Nine Zero.
On the occasion, MQM leader Nasreen Jalil said that Kasuri came to Nine Zero with the message of love. She said Pakistan never needed love, harmony, brotherhood and unity more than today. She said MQM chief Altaf Hussain has also emphasised this in his book ‘Falsafa-e-Muhabbat’.
She thanked Kasuri for visiting Nine Zero and assured him of full cooperation on behalf of the MQM.
Commandoes do not flee battlefield: Musharraf’s counsel
