One Saudi phone call will silence Musharraf trial seekers: Mushahid

[Naveed Yaseen]

LAHORE: Everyone will stop talking of Gen ® Pervez Musharraf’s trial after receiving one phone call from Saudi Arabia, because the former president left Pakistan after striking a deal with the present government, Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) Secretary General Mushahid Hussain Sayed said on Tuesday. Speaking in a talk show on a private TV channel, Mushahid said he was against the former president’s trial, adding that the trial was not possible. He said the army was not involved in the present crisis. The present system had no problem from the army or the Inter-Services Intelligence or any so-called secret agencies, he said. He said the leadership should have the courage to make decisions on their own and not wait for calls from British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs David Miliband or US Special Representative Richard Holbrooke. Pakistan could not afford midterm elections or long marches against the democratic government, the PML-Q leader said. daily times monitor

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