Musharraf’s trial will help democracy: Pakistan Daily
11 April 2013 6:32 AM IST
The trial of former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf can help the Pakistan and its polity come to terms with the many anti-democratic chapters of its history, a leading daily said Wednesday.
Four military dictators have come and gone but never before has one been summoned to court to answer for his crimes against the Constitution, said an editorial in the Dawn.
‘Pervez Musharraf may not have been in court (Tuesday) but his determination to return to Pakistan and participate in the upcoming elections has already triggered events that could have far-reaching consequences for the country's latest attempt to entrench democratic norms,’ it said.
The daily said it is essential that justice be done and also be seen to be done.
‘The chief justice recusing himself from the hearings was a welcome first step given how the ex-military strongman targeted Chief Justice (Iftikhar Muhammad) Chaudhry personally,’ it added.
Four military dictators have come and gone but never before has one been summoned to court to answer for his crimes against the Constitution, said an editorial in the Dawn.
‘Pervez Musharraf may not have been in court (Tuesday) but his determination to return to Pakistan and participate in the upcoming elections has already triggered events that could have far-reaching consequences for the country's latest attempt to entrench democratic norms,’ it said.
The daily said it is essential that justice be done and also be seen to be done.
‘The chief justice recusing himself from the hearings was a welcome first step given how the ex-military strongman targeted Chief Justice (Iftikhar Muhammad) Chaudhry personally,’ it added.
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