Divergent views on immunity for president

LAHORE�" The president of Pakistan cannot be sued in any court of law on criminal charges because the Constitution provides complete immunity to him in this regard, constitutional experts say.

The experts say it is right that under Article 248 of the Constitution no criminal proceedings whatsoever would be instituted or continued against the president in any court during his term of office. They say this article saved Pervez Musharraf’s skin from being prosecuted during his term in the office because it is clearly mentioned in the article that no criminal case could be filed against the person holding president’s office. Even if criminal cases are pending against him and he becomes president, he cannot be summoned in person.