Pervez Musharraf to face trial for treason, says Pakistani minister

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Source: The Guardian / AP

Pakistan's interior minister has said the government plans to put the former president Pervez Musharraf on trial for treason.

Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said Musharraf would go on trial under article 6 of the constitution for declaring a state of emergency in 2007 and suspending the constitution.

Khan said the government would send a letter to the supreme court on Monday requesting the start of treason proceedings.

Musharraf would be the first military ruler to be tried for treason in a country that has experienced three military coups in its 66-year history. He could face the death penalty or life in prison if convicted.

Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/17/pervez-musharraf-trial-treason-pakistan

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[dpbrown]

1. George W. Bush's "Good Friend" in case anyone forgot...

W couldn't stop gushing over his buddy in Pakistan.

[cosmicone]

2. Hang the bastard -- terrorist in chief. n/t

[ffr]

3. So justice works in other countries but not in America? What about Cheney?

and the Bush crime family? Move over Musharraf, your case has been delayed indefinitely. We'll start with our two and work our way down into their crime network. I'll take years, if not a lifetime to prosecute them all.

[The Wizard]

4. Like Saddam Hussein

he has dirt on the Bush cartel and as such will go to the gallows before exposing their crimes against humanity.

[AwareOne]

5. This murdering thief came to the U.S.

not so long ago (2008 or 2009) and received a standing ovation from congress. I couldn't believe it, what a sickening display. Most of the members who funded and praised him are still in congress of course.

[cosmicone]

6. Dan Burton, Sheila Jackson Lee

Joe Barton, Keith Ellison, Shelley Berkley, Judy Biggert, Andre Carson, Ben Chandler, Elijah Cummings, Kay Granger, Gene Green, Brett Guthrie, Jane Harmon, Fred Upton, Rush Holt, Michael Honda, Darrell Issa, Eddie Bernice Johnson, Sam Johnson, Mary Kaptur, Dale Kildee, Peter King, John Larson, John Lewis, Stephen Lynch are the main Pakistan supporters in Congress who made Musharraf into a hero and kept funding the terrorist regime.

My Indian American friends and I work actively to defeat them all or change their ways.

[MindMover]

7. Musharraf === the lesser of many more evils ...