Musharraf death verdict.

Byline: Dr Muhammad Reza Kazimi - Karachi

I AM not competent to speak on the legal aspect of the verdict against Pervez Musharraf. That function has been discharged by the Attorney General Anwar Mansoor Khan. However, as a historian I cannot hide my very grave concern for my country, which could plunge into crisis at a time when we should all have been focused on the humanitarian crisis in India-held Kashmir.

The President can issue a pardon to take the nation out the agony it has already slipped into. I have myself written against Pervez Musharraf in these columns, but a death sentence is an altogether different matter, not easy, for the defendant, but for the country to endure.

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