Musharraf treason trail: SC summons report from registrar office over delay
Musharraf treason trail: SC summons report from registrar office over delay.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – The Supreme Court of Pakistan Thursday conducted hearing of high treason case against Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf and summoned report from registrar office in fifteen days over delay in proceedings.
The petition was filed by the Lahore High Court Bar. Advocate Taufiq Asif told the top court that Pervez Musharraf is out of country and that is the reason behind delay in trial.
Chief Justice Asif Saeed Khosa remarked that the special court was directed to complete the trial as soon as possible in Abdul Hameed Dogar’s case. He ordered the attorney general to submit reply till March 25 regarding the steps taken by federal government to bring Pervez Musharraf back.
Justice Asif Saeed Khosa said can the government and court become helpless against a suspect. He said the court will decide whether Musharraf is deliberately missing the hearings.
Justice Asif Saeed Khosa said the former president was allowed to go abroad by the government, not by the court. Musharraf’s statement can be recorded through a video link, he added.
“If Pervez Musharraf still refuses to record his statement, the special court can write ‘denied’ before every statement by the suspect,” the chief justice said.
Justice Asif Saeed Khosa affirmed that cases will not be postponed from now onwards, and told that 2000 pending cases have been solved in a month and half.
