Pakistan: Abrogators of constitution should be tried

THE FRONTIER POST

Former premier Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani today questioned Mian Nawaz Sharif’s move to try Pervez Musharraf for Nov 2007 emergency while ignoring the 1999 military take over, FP News Desk report. Speaking at a ceremony hosted by lawyers to commemorate the 1979 hanging of PPP founder Zulfikar Ali Bhutto here, Gilani said Mian Nawaz Sharif has forgotten Oct 12 coup. He said that July 5 would be remembered as a Black Day in the country’s history over ZAB’s hanging. The whole nation was humiliated on July 5, he said, adding that abrogators of the constitution should be made to face trial. He praised lawyers for the sacrifices they rendered for the cause of democracy. “We cannot forget the unconstitutional actions of October 12, 1999,” he said.