71 pcPakistanis want admonition for Gen Musharraf; says survey.

ISLAMABAD, August 28, 2009 (Balochistan Times): Around 71 percent Pakistanis want harsh or mild punishment to former President General Pervez Musharraf for his unconstitutional steps on November 3, 2007, says a survey conducted carried out by Gallup Pakistan. 52 percent favour harsh while 19 percent support mild punishment to the former president, and 15 percent favour no punishment and the remaining 14 percent did not give a view, says the survey launched by Gilani Research Foundation. A nationally representative sample of men and women from across the country were asked Recently Supreme Court has termed the enforcement of emergency on 3rd Nov. 2007 as illegal. Some people believed that Musharraf should be punished for this, while some believe he should not. When asked the punishment should be harsh, mild, or none, Majority, 52 percent, said he (Musharraf) should be punished harshly and 19 percent believed he should be given a mild punishment for this crime. Fifteen percent of the respondents did not support punishing Musharraf for enforcing emergency on November 3, 2007 while 14 percent did not give any response. The survey findings also showed that while there are no significant differences in views on punishing General Musharraf across gender and age, there are notable differences across political affiliations. Those intending to vote for Muslim League (Nawaz), MMA, JUI and ANP have higher support for punishing Musharraf, above 80 percent, followed by PPP voters and PML-Q votes (around 60 percent) and the support is the lowest amongst MQM voters at only 19 percent.

(THROUGH ASIA PULSE)