'He deserves the opportunity to be heard' - Mehwish Hayat defends Musharraf

‘He deserves the opportunity to be heard’ – Mehwish Hayat defends Musharraf

In a recent tweet, Tamgha-e-Imtiaz recipient Mehwish Hayat defended former president General (retd.) Pervez Musharraf, and asked people to put politics aside and listen to Musharraf, as he deserved to be heard.

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In a tweet, Hayat asked people to consider the fact that Pervez was once our President and had guided us through difficult times.

She further wrote, Like him or loathe him, he deserves the opportunity to be heard.

Hayat ended her tweet with a simple question, after all does the law not say ”Innocent till proven guilty”?

Let’s put politics aside for one moment. This man was our President & guided us through some every difficult times. Like him or loathe him, he deserves the opportunity to be heard. At least we can grant him that dignity.After all does the law not say”Innocent till proven guilty”? pic.twitter.com/ys2Sbyph64
— Mehwish Hayat TI (@MehwishHayat) December 4, 2019

Former president Musharraf, who is in a hospital in Dubai due to ill health, said on Wednesday that he was being victimized through the high treason case.