ISLAMABAD: Minister for Interior, Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Sunday strongly deplored the elements engaged in unnecessary criticism of departure of former ruler Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf and described it as “plain hypocrisy and show of their dual standards.”
Musharraf’s name was deleted from Exit Control List (ECL) in light of Supreme Court judgment, he said in a statement issued here.
He criticized the previous government of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and said during its five-year-long tenure, Musharraf’s name was not included in ECL despite existence of an FIR against him.
The Minister went on to say that PPP, which is now opposing departure of Gen Musharraf, remained friendly to him and did not even talk about him during their tenure.
Musharraf undertook four foreign trips while the PPP was in power, said the Minister, adding that it was the party which fulfilled National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) like friendship with former President General Pervez Musharraf during its tenure.
He said an investigation committee during 2009 had suggested that General might be involved in murder of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto but lamented that the then rulers did not dare to take action against Musharraf.
“This seems quite amusing those who had given guard of honour and requested other political parties for pardon to General Musharraf, are now staging political drama on the matter,” he said.
