Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry on Friday warned “It would not possible to save [the country] from anarchy if the institution of army is divided or weakened.”
In a series of tweets, Chaudhry said that the armed forces were being “targeted under a specific strategy”.
While referring to the detailed verdict issued by a special court in the treason case against former president retired Gen Pervez Musharraf, Chaudhry said: “This is not an individual matter of Pervez Musharraf’s; the Pakistan Army was targetted with a specific strategy.
“First the army and ISI (Inter-Services Intelligence) were involved in the [Tehreek-i-Labbaik] sit-in case, then the army chief’s extension was made controversial and now a popular former army chief has been humiliated.”
“The sequence of events is not a judicial or legal matter anymore, it is more than that. If the institution of the army is divided or weakened, then it will not be possible to save [the country] from anarchy,” he said in a second tweet. “Gen Bajwa and the current army setup, stood by democratic institutions but this support should not be considered as a weakness.”
The tweets come a day after a special court issued the written verdict of a treason case against former president Musharraf in which he has been sentenced to death by a three-judge bench. The judgement is split 2:1, with Justice Shahid Karim of the Lahore High Court agreeing with Peshawar High Court Chief Justice Waqar Ahmad Seth and Justice Nazar Akbar of the Sindh High Court dissenting.—INP
