Farogh Naseem, counsel for former army chief General (r) Pervez Musharraf, on Friday said his client had never admitted that the decision to impose emergency in the country on Nov 3, 2007 was solely his own.
Talking to a private TV channel, Naseem said the army should clarify whether its former chief had imposed emergency on his own or whether he had the institution’s support in this decision.
The former dictator’s counsel said that his client had not taken the “sole responsibility” of imposing emergency in the country as referred to by the Supreme Court in its detailed judgement on Thursday. “The SC judgement says that one of Musharraf’s lawyer had said that his client had ‘admitted’ that he had imposed emergency on Nov 3, 2007 in his capacity as the chief of army staff. But when I asked Musharraf, he denied ever making this statement,” said Naseem.
In respect of the former army chief’s case, Naseem said that the army had its constitutional and legal tools which it could use when needed.
Responding to criticism on his statement, Naseem said that he had not called for imposing martial law in the country. “Imposition of martial law is not any individual’s decision and in case of imposing emergency, the army has several options,” he said.
He is right. MQM was also with him and that is the reason that 12th may incident happened.
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