Saturday, August 29, 2009

DTN News: Pakistan TODAY August 29, 2009 ~ 71 Percent Want Former President Gen (Retd) Pervez Musharraf To Pay For Crimes: Gallup Survey

DTN News: Pakistan TODAY August 29, 2009 ~ 71 Percent Want Former President Gen (Retd) Pervez Musharraf To Pay For Crimes: Gallup Survey *DTN News: Syed Kabir Ali Wasti Wants Former President Gen (Retd) Pervez Musharraf ’s Arrest In Nawab Akbar Bugti Murder Case *Source: DTN News / Int'l Media (NSI News Source Info) ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - August 29, 2009: Around 71 per cent Pakistanis want “harsh or mild punishment” to former president Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf for his unconstitutional steps on November 3, 2007, says a survey conducted by Gallup Pakistan. Pakistan's former President Pervez Musharraf gestures as he talks to media in Islamabad, Pakistan. Pakistan's top court on Wednesday, July 22, 2009 summoned Musharraf to explain his 2007 firing of several dozen independent-minded judges. The court notice allows Musharraf to send a lawyer in his place. “About 52 per cent favour harsh while 19 per cent support mild punishment to the former president, and 15 per cent favour no punishment and the remaining 14 per cent did not give a view,” says the survey launched by Gilani Research Foundation. A nationally representative sample of men and women from across the country were asked “recently the Supreme Court has termed the enforcement of emergency on November 3, 2007 illegal”. Some people believed Musharraf should be punished for this, while some believe he should not. When asked the punishment should be harsh, mild, or none, Majority, 52 per cent, said he (Musharraf) should be punished harshly and 19 per cent believed he should be given a mild punishment for this crime. Fifteen per cent of the respondents did not support punishing Musharraf for enforcing emergency on November 3, 2007 while 14 per cent did not give any response. The survey findings also showed that while there are no significant differences in views on punishing Gen (retd) Musharraf across gender and age, there are notable differences across political affiliations. Those intending to vote for the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, the MMA, the JUI and the ANP have higher support for punishing Musharraf, above 80 per cent, followed by the PPP voters and the PML-Q voters (around 60 per cent) and the support is the lowest amongst the MQM voters at only 19 per cent. Related Story....Former President General (R) Pervez Musharraf’s Arrest DTN News: Syed Kabir Ali Wasti Wants Former President Gen (Retd) Pervez Musharraf ’s Arrest In Nawab Akbar Bugti Murder Case (NSI News Source Info) ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - August 29, 2009: Senior leader of the PML-Q like-minded group Syed Kabir Ali Wasti Thursday demanded former President General (R) Pervez Musharraf’s arrest in the murder of Nawab Akbar Bugti to calm down the sentiments of people of Baluchistan. Talking to The News, Syed Kabir Ali Wasti said he hold the telephonic contact with Talal Bugti, son of late Nawab Akbar Bugti, and Senator Shahid Bugti, son-in-law of Nawab Bugti, and condole with them on the third martyrdom anniversary of Nawab Akbar Bugti. He said the killing of Nawab Akbar Bugti was conspiracy to weaken the federation. “I told Talal Bugti that the federation will not be weaken in the presence of family of Nawab Akbar Bugti,” he added. Wasti said Talal Bugti told him that the arrest of General (R) Pervez Musharraf is only solution to keep the sentiments of people of Balochistan in control; otherwise, they will not be satisfied. He said he has invited Talal Bugti to Islamabad, but he refused the invitation, saying that he will not come to Islamabad during the tenure of present government. When asked about the reports about his party Secretary General Hamayun Akhtar Khan’s meeting with General (R) Pervez Musharraf in London, Wasti said, “If the reports of his meeting with General (R) Pervez Musharraf are true, then he might have met Musharraf without the mandate of party.”

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