Summary Lawyer of Pervez Musharraf had prayed for constitution of full court
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ISLAMABAD (Dunya News / Agencies) - The Supreme Court of Pakistan has returned the reply submitted by the counsel of Pervez Musharraf raising a technical objection.
Former President Pervez Musharraf has filed reply in Supreme Court in treason case praying the court to constitute full court to hear the case.
Reply containing six pages was filed by Ahmad Raza Kasuri counsel for Pervez Musharraf on Saturday. Several points have been raised in the reply.
Chief Justice (CJ) should not be a part of this bench as the allegations leveled in these petitions have direct relevance with the CJ and as the tradition goes that if some judge is cited in the applications then he could not become part of the bench, reply said.
It was further stated in the reply that all the petitions filed against the former President Pervez Musharraf are illegal and unconstitutional and they have no direct relevance with Pervez Musharraf.
If the petitioners have any solid evidence then they should present them to court. If court wants to declare the petitions maintainable then it should constitute full court, reply added.
Reply said these petitions are not maintainable in their view and these have been filed after lapse of long time. Therefore, they are based on mala fide intent and be struck down.
The court returned the reply with technical objections.
The chief justice was to hear the case as head of the bench, however, he removed himself from the bench hours before the Supreme Court was to take up a petition seeking high treason proceedings against the former military on April 8.
A two-member bench was formed– comprising of Justice Jawwad S Khawja and Justice Khilji Arif Hussain – to hear the petition filed by Advocate Taufiq Asif, the president of Rawalpindi chapter of the Lahore High Court Bar Association.
Five identical petitions were heard for him to be tried for high treason and subversion of the Constitution.
Interior Ministry officials confirmed that Musharraf’s name had been placed on the Exit Control List and that a circular had been issued to all exit points, including airports.
