General (Retd) Mirza Aslam Beg...occasionally incoherent retired four-star general who was the Chief of Army Staff of the Mighty Pak Army, succeeding the creepy General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, after the latter
, a central figure in the Asghar Khan case, has expressed his reservations over the Supreme Court verdict, maintaining that the decision is a conspiracy against him and the opposition.
Speaking to a private news channel, the former general said the verdict is based on 'false testimonies and affidavits', adding that the Supreme Court should not have issued the verdict under present circumstances.
Speaking about the dismissal of the then government of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto
... 11th Prime Minister of Pakistain in two non-consecutive terms from 1988 until 1990 and 1993 until 1996. She was the daughter of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, founder of the Pakistain People's Party, who was murdered at the instigation of General Ayub Khan. She was murdered in her turn by person or persons unknown while campaigning in late 2007. Suspects include, to note just a few, Baitullah Mehsud, General Pervez Musharraf, the ISI, al-Qaeda in Pakistain, and her husband, Asif Ali Zardari, who shows remarkably little curiosity about who done her in...
, he said that the decision was constitutional.
"President Ghulam Ishaq Khan showed 17 cases of corruption against the government and dismissed it a week later," he said.
He also alleged that Benazir Bhutto used Lt. General Asad Durrani.
In the televised interview, he further said that if the ISI was under him he would have investigated the matter.
Beg said that he was unaware of the money being distributed amongst various politicians and did not know as to why the DG ISI was handing out this amount.
He also alleged that then president and caretaker government were aware of the money being handed out to politicians.