Re: Your View on the Army
Interesting thought. First I don't think we should classify as what NS did as merely irresponsible. The PM of a country endangering the life of its COAS is not irresponsible but pre-osterous and benign. It is akin to treason and a very grave crime. And to top it, asking the COAS (the highest mliltary ranking officer) of your country to go land in the number one enemy country cannot be even put in legitimate words. I don't think we should have such an imbalance in our perception of justice when the subject is NS on one hand and the Army on the other.
Your second point about no justification for the coup, I think you are right to some extent. My view would be that the reason for the coup stating Pakistan is in danger is deception and provided legitimacy to the coup and ofcourse NS was already at odds with the SC, which blessed the PCO then.
Maybe NS should have been removed and put through a military tribunal and let the rest of the government function but I don't know if that was possible. What are your thoughts?
That is why we need a strong impartial judiciary. If we had an independent judiciary they would have acted quickly to defuse the situation. The CJ would have asked the military to ensure safe landing of the plane, asked Nawaz to leave, asked President Tarar to appoint a caretaker PM and reinstated Musharraf as COAS.
As for Nawaz's crime I still believe that there was no malicious intent involved in what he did i.e. he did not want to kill Mush and other people on the plane. So that would have to be taken into acccount by a military court or Supreme Court when adjudicating on the matter. It was a desperate impulsive measure. He was mainly trying to avoid a military coup. He should have thought of the consequences i.e. endangering the lives of so many people rather than his kursi.