THIS is with reference to the report ‘Mamnoon Hussain laid to rest’ (July 16) according to which the body of the late president was “taken under defined protocol … to the graveyard”. It was shocking that while the ‘defined protocol’ was followed, there was no representation of the state of Pakistan, and nobody bothered about the social tradition of attending the funeral of a contemporary regardless of the political divide.
Mr Hussain, a decent non-controversial human being in his own right, happened to be the 12th president of Pakistan and the immediate predecessor of the incumbent, Dr Arif Alvi. Indeed, he was a nominee of the Nawaz faction of Pakistan Muslim League, but is that a reason good or strong enough for the sitting president, or his nominee, who, in this case, would have been the Sindh Governor in his capacity as the representative of the federation in the province, to stay away from the funeral?
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