Daily Times

Sir: A lot of headlines are being made by the Ex-Servicemen Society of Pakistan. The members are urging General (Retd) Pervez Musharraf to resign, reinstate deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry and appoint Justice Bhagwandas as Chief Election Commissioner. However, it was stunning to read that many of the high-ranking former generals sitting on stage at their recent meeting refused to apologise for their own dirty deeds of the past. Many of them had been instrumental in sabotaging democracy and putting military regimes in place. Many had also followed poor policies that endangered Pakistan. If these ex-generals are so unrepentant about their crimes of the past, what moral grounds do they have to demand the resignation of President Musharraf? The hypocrisy of these ex-generals is unbelievable, and I’m sure most ex-servicemen present in the last meeting of the group were even more disappointed than me. No one will take this group seriously unless its more notable members apologise for their crimes against democracy and the federation.

KAMAL HASAN
Lahore