Brits stitched Musharraf deal: Aitzaz

PRESIDENT Supreme Court Bar Association Aitzaz Ahsan has accused a senior British diplomat of undermining his country’s rule of law, reports BBC.

Sir Mark Lyall Grant was in Pakistan recently and reportedly urged the government to give President Musharraf immunity if he resigned. Aitzaz said that any deal to give the president ‘safe passage’ was wrong. The British Foreign Office told the BBC it was working to avoid confrontation in Pakistan.

As President of the SCBA, Aitzaz Ahsan has emerged as one of the most effective and powerful pro-democracy leaders in Pakistan.

So his criticism of senior British Foreign Office official Sir Mark Lyall Grant, who recently visited Pakistan, is significant.