Peshawar: A leader of the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) Thursday urged the government to try former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf in court for using excessive force in the Lal Masjid operation, a media report said.

PML-N leader M.N.A. Khawaja Saad Rafiq has demanded that the government prosecute Musharraf for careless handling of the Lal Masjid and Akbar Bugti cases in which many people were killed, the Online news agency reported.

Musharraf ordered the troops to break into the Lal Masjid to flush out militants who were holed up inside the shrine.

He urged the political parties to keep aside their differences and become part of a single platform, as the country has been passing through a critical phase.

He criticised Interior Minister Rehman Malik for failing to provide a timeframe for ending the ongoing military operation in the northwest.

He added that the media should be allowed to visit Malakand Division to report on the situation of the displaced people there.

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