Born and raised in a lower middle or a middle class family from an immigrant family he rose to the position of a Army Chief in a Punjabi dominated army; he might not be the best of the Army chiefs of Pakistan but he was a part of the SSG the elite wing of Pakistani Army. Despite being a Mohajir he had the guts to take on his Prime Minister when his predecessor Jahangir Karamat cowed down to Nawaz despite having his community's-the Pakistani elite Punjabi- support. Against this background, when the midair crisis broke Musharraf had just a few minutes time to take a decision and flatly refused the safer option of landing in the 'Enemy" country to the tougher option of being jailed for life in his country. Look at from Pakistani perspective. If a sililar thing happened in India how do you rate an Indian soldier opting to take safe refufe in Pakistan? He wouldn't have made it had he not been a fine soldier.Even at this age when he is mostly out of uniform, you can test his math ability.
