ISLAMABAD: Former dictator General (retd) Pervez Musharraf has been summoned at a special court for the treason case on December 24 under Article 6 of the Constitution.
A three-member bench – headed by Justice Faisal Arab of the Sindh High Court (SHC) – will hear the case. The bench also includes Justice Syeda Tahira Safdar of the Balochistan High Court (BHC) and Justice Yawar Ali of the Lahore High Court (LHC) as its members.
The request that was submitted by the federal government at a special court on December 12 to start a treason case against Musharraf was accepted. It was submitted by Interior Secretary Shahid Khan, stating that Musharraf had violated the constitution by imposing emergency rule in the country in November 2007.
Treason case
On November 17, the federal government had decided to initiate treason proceedings against Musharraf under Article 6 of the Constitution. It had requested the Supreme Court on November 18 to constitute a ‘special court’ for the former dictator’s trial.
Attorney General Munir A Malik had said that there is strong evidence against Musharraf and that he can be sentenced to death or life imprisonment. The federal government on December 9 finalised a charge-sheet, cataloging five charges against Musharraf including imposing emergency in the country on November 3, 2007, detaining superior courts’ judges and abrogating the constitution by imposing the Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO).
The decision to start this case came after Musharraf was granted bail in criminal cases against him, including the assassination of former premier Benazir Bhutto, slaying of Baloch nationalist leader Nawab Akbar Bugti and Lal Masjid siege. – Tribune
