Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor, the director general of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), addressed a short press conference on Thursday evening, in which he deemed the detailed judgement in the high treason case against former army chief Gen Pervez Musharraf to be against “humanity and religion”.
The presser came hours after the detailed verdict in the high treason case was released.
Maj Gen Ghafoor began by saying that the military had expressed its reservations after former military ruler retired Gen Pervez Musharraf was sentenced to death by a special court for high treason. He said after today’s detailed judgement in the case against Musharraf “those reservations stand true”.
Following the verdict on December 17, ISPR had issued a swift statement, saying the “decision given by special court has been received with lot of pain and anguish by rank and file of Pakistan Armed Forces”.
The ISPR chief said the verdict issued today especially the words used in the written order “surpasses humanity, religion, culture and any other values”.
“We are under oath always to safeguard the country’s interests. And we have proven this in the past with the support of the nation.
“I have spoken on the nature and character of war […] and that we are facing a hybrid war. We are aware of the changing nature of war.”
