Peace and Justice Post

[Does not Musharraf thinks himself to be more important than Pakistan or the people of Pakistan??]

David Edwards and Nick Juliano | The Raw Story, February 14, 2008

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf made clear that he does not respect western human right standards and would not make a priority of upholding them.

“Pakistan is more important than human rights,” Musharraf said recently during a global economic forum in Sweden. “Human rights serves Pakistan; Pakistan does not serve Human rights.”

A video of Musharraf’s comments was released by Human Rights Watch. He is answering a question from a HRW representative who is questioning widespread reports of human rights abuses in Pakistan.

Musharraf accuses his questioner of trying to impose a “Western Human rights considerations and standards” on Pakistan and seems to argue his country would be thrown into turmoil if it upheld such standards.

“[Human rights] functions in accordance with our environment,” he said. “Now if somebody, whether he’s anybody, is trying to create such anarchy that maybe Pakistan’s integrity is at stake maybe our economy … will collapse. I don’t consider any human rights in such situations. We will deal with it, whatever it costs because Pakistan is more important than human rights.

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