Imran urges Musharraf?s trial under Article 6
Sunday, March 29, 2009
By Mumtaz Alvi
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Saturday strongly advocated the trial of former president General (R) Pervez Musharraf under Article 6 of the Constitution for his actions since he had toppled the PML-N government.
Replying to questions during a news conference after the PTI?s Central Executive Committee meeting here at the party?s central secretariat, Imran said the trial of Musharraf could be held, as the law applied to him like any other citizen of Pakistan.
Through a resolution, the CEC proposed holding special income tax audit of all public office-holders, including president, prime minister, ministers, members of parliament and provincial assemblies, who paid little or no tax, yet led luxurious life at the taxpayers expense.
?Our tax regime hounds those who pay taxes whereas the robber barons and cartels continue to siphon billions of rupees without paying any income tax,? the resolution noted. Moreover, the government was earning billions by not lowering PoL prices and increasing power charges, suggesting it must cut rates to control inflation.
The CEC congratulated the nation on the restoration of the judiciary and warned that intrigues to undermine the restored chief justice of the Supreme Court would be resisted with full force of the masses.
The meeting felt that next 12 months would be crucial as the nation faced diverse challenges internally and externally. So far the Parliament had failed to assert itself and remained a rubber stamp. It said the NRO-made government continued policies of the Musharraf?s regime.
Sunday, March 29, 2009
By Mumtaz Alvi
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Saturday strongly advocated the trial of former president General (R) Pervez Musharraf under Article 6 of the Constitution for his actions since he had toppled the PML-N government.
Replying to questions during a news conference after the PTI?s Central Executive Committee meeting here at the party?s central secretariat, Imran said the trial of Musharraf could be held, as the law applied to him like any other citizen of Pakistan.
Through a resolution, the CEC proposed holding special income tax audit of all public office-holders, including president, prime minister, ministers, members of parliament and provincial assemblies, who paid little or no tax, yet led luxurious life at the taxpayers expense.
?Our tax regime hounds those who pay taxes whereas the robber barons and cartels continue to siphon billions of rupees without paying any income tax,? the resolution noted. Moreover, the government was earning billions by not lowering PoL prices and increasing power charges, suggesting it must cut rates to control inflation.
The CEC congratulated the nation on the restoration of the judiciary and warned that intrigues to undermine the restored chief justice of the Supreme Court would be resisted with full force of the masses.
The meeting felt that next 12 months would be crucial as the nation faced diverse challenges internally and externally. So far the Parliament had failed to assert itself and remained a rubber stamp. It said the NRO-made government continued policies of the Musharraf?s regime.