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Updated 10 Jan, 2014 07:52am

If Musharraf were a treasonist then why did Gilani take oath: Altaf

LONDON: MQM Leader Altaf Hussain said on Wednesday night that Former President of Pakistan who is now being known as treasonist,had sworn in a former prime minister and his 24-member cabinet on March 31, 2008.

In his statement he said, "My question is why did they take oath to their respective offices when they believed that the man who is swearing them in was a traitor? This hypocrisy doesn’t add up at all."

Further adding up details in his address he said that dozens of member took oath in a form of a cabinet with former President of Pakistan. 11 members from this cabinet belonged to Pakistan People's Party (PPP), nine people belonged to Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz (PML-N), two represented Awami National Party (ANP), while one of them was a Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam leader.

Pushing this address to a note; he questioned that why Former premier, Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani, took oath, when PPP came into power.
"If Musharraf had really violated allegiance toward his country then why did Gilani get himself sworn in by the former”, said MQM leader.

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