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Musharraf for congratulating

SC bench on 'brave' Nawaz
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Dawn.comUpdated July 28, 2017
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Retired Gen Pervez Musharraf on Friday posted a video message to the Twitter account of
the All Pakistan Muslim League (APML), hailing the Supreme Court's disqualification of
Nawaz Sharif as a "historic decision".

"Today is a historic and important day for Pakistanis," he said in a recorded video, in which
he also briefly summarised the decision of the apex court bench.

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"I want to heartily congratulate the Supreme Court bench especially because it is a brave
decision which is in accordance with the principles of justice and fairness."

He added that he wants to also congratulate the entire Supreme Court in general.

"Especially all members of the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) who bravely presented such a
good investigation report to the SC bench despite all threats."

Musharraf also said: "I fully support this decision of disqualifying Nawaz Sharif as it is a very
good one."

He welcomed the court's order to open corruption references against other members of the
Sharif family.

"Their trial should begin and they should be tried and punished according to the law," he
said in the video, which appears to have been recorded in Dubai. "I want to add that since
they are under trial they should be on the Exit Control List (ECL) and not allo