THIS is apropos the Pervez Musharraf case judgement by the special court. If the court can declare a national hero a traitor, then Nawaz Sharif should also be declared a traitor.

I say this because Nawaz Sharif not only pushed the country to the brink of default while building his own empire outside Pakistan, he was also responsible for the withdrawal of Pakistani forces from a wining position in Kargil.

This deprived Pakistan of a certain opportunity to gain control of whole of Kashmir. Our politicians love democracy not because they actually love Pakistan. They actually love the freedom of doing anything according to their wishes. The elite class — landlords, feudal lords and bureaucrats — virtually control everything, including the public.

One of these democracy lovers, who wanted to control the armed forces like a king and who cannot spend a night in a place less than a palace, leave alone on the borders, should be asked to spend one week in extreme cold or hot weather under heavy enemy fire to fully understand what the army and other forces do.

I strongly believe the treason case against Musharraf was made because of bias. Instead, a treason case should have been instituted against Nawaz Sharif and his cronies.

Musharraf is a hero of Pakistan and declaring him a traitor is illogical and an attempt to gain control of the armed forces through court. The politicians take the oath before a judge when they take a public office.

How much do they follow what they say while taking the oath?

Present form of democracy can be successful only if at least 95 per cent Pakistanis are educated and have the knowledge about their rights and know how to protect them.

Waqarul Hassan Khan

Karachi

(2)

JUSTICE Waqar Ahmad Seth after convicting Pervez Musharraf to death wrote in his detailed order that if Musharraf dies (in the hospital) before he was hanged, his body should be dragged and hanged at D-Chowk for three days.

Ironically, it was an order which is against the tenets of Islam. Our religion abhors such crass desecration of a dead body of a Muslim. So, logically speaking, is it not a throwback to the barbaric, inhuman, despicable and reprehensible behaviour of the 7th century Hinda, who desecrated Hazrat Hamza’s body?

Such is the magnitude of personal grudge and hatred against Musharraf! Aren’t we still groping in the dark medieveal age, or have we returned to Stone Age?

I urge the Supreme Judicial Council to take cognizance of this sad episode and dispense justice as soon as possible.

A citizen

Karachi

Published in Dawn, December 29th, 2019