1:Its against Army, Causing its humiliation (By this logic no minister, Prime minister can ever be arrested for misuse of authority and corruption as they all are Heads of their respective institutions).
2: Government has bigger issues to solve than following this case (Well this allows many people to kill and steal because Govt should only be focused on inflation and unemployment).
3: Case is based on Personal vendetta (Practically every case in Courts of the country can have this accusation because it can never be proved without fair legal proceedings).
4: Violation of Law was done as Army chief so case should be followed in Military courts (Does it mean that Law of Army is supreme than National Law, What if an Army officer kills a civilian? Will the victim's family go to a Military court for obtaining justice in a closed environment, What will ensure that Institution will not try to protect its member against an outsider?)
Musharaf is an individual and should be treated that way. No developed country in the world has progressed without developing Institutions and without sovereignty of Law. No matter how pathetic they are but Assemblies must also be allowed to grow and mature the way Army as an institution did . Fairness in induction and promotion process ensures institutional growth. Musharaf is guilty in my opinion because he hindered growth of Parliament as an institution(the way Zia-ul-haq, Ayub Khan and Yahya Khan did). With Musharaf’s trial and Punishment “V” will be in a better position to demand justice in civilian institutions(A message would travel that now it can be anybody’s turn otherwise there would be further endorsement of ‘Might is right’.
My personal feeling is that At least there should be Life sentence for which the President might grant pardon at official request of Army chief. I also do not consider it to be a coincidence that both Zia-ul-Haq and Musharaf got into power when Americans needed military based assistance in Afghanistan.
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