http://www.dawn.com/2008/01/23/nat2.htm... Spearheaded by Lt-Gen (retd) Faiz Ali Chishti, once a key member of Gen Zia-ul-Haq’s martial law regime, the ex-servicemen society has lately been quite active against Gen Musharraf. Tuesday’s gathering was its biggest show so far. It was attended by those who have been known critics of Gen Musharraf mainly because of his support for the US-led war against terror or for his liberal reforms, and also by moderate ex-servicemen who have been opposed to both the former military rulers as well as Gen Musharraf. ...
The participants included people like former army chief Gen (retd) Mirza Aslam Beg, former ISI chief Lt-Gen (retd) Hamid Gul and Lt-Gen Chishti. There also were known moderates like two former air marshals, Asghar Khan and Nur Khan, and Air Chief Marshal (retd) Pervez Mehdi. According to a list issued by the organisers, the participants included Admiral (retd) Karamat Rehman Niazi, Admiral (retd) Iftikhar Ahmad Sirohey, Admiral (retd) Mohammad Sharif, Admiral (retd) Saeed M. Khan, Admiral (retd) Hasan Asif, Admiral (retd) Obaid Sadiq and Lt-Gen (retd) Ali Kuli Khan. ...
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In other words, a mixed bag. (a) A lot of people were there because, well, in their past is support for the kinds of people currently killing soldiers and being killed by soldiers. Gotta hurt, seeing "your" guys killed by "your" guys. (b) But some are just anti-military (yes, there are military officers opposed to military control of the government). (c) Some are just anti-Musharraf, since he had a few purges (see (a), at least in part). (d) Some are forever opposed to military action--they may not have supported the mullahs, but they don't want to see better Muslims killed by lesser Muslims. And, (e) some think the job could be done better ... even though it wasn't done better when they had influence.