Ex-officers hold protest near GHQ
SPECIAL REPORT (The Nation) dated 2.5.08
RAWALPINDI - For the first time in the history of country, a large number of youths, including former military corps commanders and generals, Tuesday held a demonstration near the GHQ to protest against President Pervez Musharraf's policies and asked him to resign from the office.
Besides a larger number of retired generals, former chief of the army staff Gen Mirza Aslam Beg, Ex-Servicemen Society's President Gen (r) Faiz Ali Chishti, ex-corps Commander Gen Jamshed Gulzar Kayani, Admiral Fasih Bukhari, Lt-Gen (r) Ali Quli Khan, Lt-Gen (r) Salim Haider, Lt-Gen (r) Hamid Gul participated in the demonstration and chanted full-throat slogans like "Go Musharraf Go", "No Musharraf No", "Constitute a commission on Kargil issue", "President Musharraf must resign" while marching towards the General Headquarters.
The ex-generals were also holding banners and placards inscribed with similar slogans. The protestors reached Army Museum and Library on Iftikhar Road and lambasted the present government's policies in strongest possible words. Former chiefs of Pakistan Army, Pakistan Navy and Pakistan Air Force were emotional on the occasion. The ex-generals vowed that they would continue their protest until President Musharraf quits power.
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