Re: 'PML-N government will try Musharraf for treason'
If Army chief is government servant, he should behave like one and do what the government tells him to do.
Actually, I wrote government servant as that is what Jahula in Pakistan understand. Word I should have used is ‘Public servant’ and in place of government it should be state (that belongs to all).
Some Public servants get permanently employed by state (Army, bureaucracy, judiciary, police, etc) and others get elected for specific periods (politicians in parliament, senate, Ministries, etc). There is no difference between them as far as state is concerned. All are employed to serve the state and citizens of that state honestly and competently.
Some Public servants have more authority than others, but regardless, all are equals and all have their own rights and duties within state. Similarly, civilians (or those who are not public servant) also have their rights and duties within state.
For instance, Parliamentarians can make (enact) laws but could not interpret them as that is duty of judges. In same way, Prime Ministers and Ministers (with approval of Prime Minister) can make policies, but cannot implement those polices, as implementing those policies is job of bureaucracies (Prime Minister and Ministers can only direct bureaucracies (secretaries level) and if they do not implement than Ministers can serve them show cause notice, have their hearings, and if found intentional guilt then could suspend or sack the person (person can still go to court against that sacking questioning above authority).
On the other hand, to arrest people breaking laws of the country (including bribes, nepotism, mal-practices, commissions, misuse of power, etc) is of police and law enforcement agencies. They could arrest any law breakers and that includes Prime Minister for any breaking of law (for instance, a lowest police servant can arrest even Prime Minister if Prime Minister did any illegal work).
But if law enforcement agencies are not doing their duty than it becomes right of any person in country to use all force they have to stop crimes and illegal works … and that means, if Army act when seeing Prime Minister or other civil servants (including politicians, bureaucracy, etc) breaking law and getting away with it, then army have every right with all their force to act against such law breakers (just like any civilian).
Anyhow, topic is about sacking one civil servant (bureaucracy, army officers, generals, or anyone) by another civil servant (Prime Minister or Minister). Such could only happen if there is reason and that also after following correct procedure (as I mentioned in my last post). It is constitutional right of all citizens including civil servants to get treated justly and without biases. If Prime Minister, Minister or any civil servant do not follow the procedure and sack someone to fulfil their whim than they violate right of other Pakistani (that is breaking constitution) and should be punished severely (if they can get punished … what in Pakistan, no other civil servant dare to do, but army men can do).
For instance, if a person (one in higher authority) tries to sack a civil servant (of lowest cadre), than it is right of that person to not accept or resist such illegal sacking, rather act against the person illegally using his authority with full force, as the person (one with higher authority) once oversteps and starts doing illegal things including illegally sacking, than they loses all authority. Higher the authority they have, punishment to them should be as severe, as they have opportunity to harm the state much more than people with lower authority.
Note: Authority is not God given right, but is given to people (politicians) with condition that they would use it for the benefit and best interest of country. They can only command respect and security of their post, if they follow all rules legally and should not get involved in wrong doings (corruption, nepotism, commissions, misuse of power, illegal sackings, illegal transfers, illegal promotions, etc). If they would get involved in wrong doings then every citizen has right to kick their ass if they can).
All world democracies work on the principle I mentioned, and that is the reason no one violates their authority knowing the consequence. In Pakistan, most civil servants (Politicians, bureaucracies, etc) violate their authority regularly and in some cases get punished by people with means to punish them.
nice arguments guys