The 11 mis-statements of Musharraf’s team

December 8th, 2007 Aimon · No Comments

Background: An Emergency was declared in Pakistan on November 3, 2007 by General Musharraf as Chief of the Army Staff and on the same day a “Provisional Constitutional Order” (PCO) was issued by him as President of Pakistan. Pakistan’s 1973 Constitution only allows the President of Pakistan to declare Emergency. It does not give any authority to the Chief of the Army Staff to declare Emergency.

The audio of the event was made available by Asia Society on their website: http://www.asiasociety.org/resources/pakemergency.html .

While listening to the tape, it becomes quite apparent rather quickly that the main target of this delegation was the Supreme Court of Pakistan and its deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry. Several mis-statements were made specifically with regards to the person of CJ Chaudhry in order to discredit him. The main objective of the delegation was to make a case that the pre-emergency Supreme Court of Pakistan, led by CJ Chaudhry, does not deserve to be reinstated under any circumstances.

Mis-statement # 1: The Supreme Court of Pakistan was releasing “terrorists”

Mis-statement # 2: The Supreme Court ordered the re-opening of the Red Mosque

Mis-statement # 3: The necessary military action in NWFP province was not possible without declaring Emergency on Nov 3rd

Mis-statement # 4: There was a long list of charges against Chief Justice Chaudhry

Mis-statement # 5: Chief Justice Chaudhry was making political speeches