Summary Everyone is aware of Musharraf's sickness, says Kasuri.
RAWALPINDI (Dunya News) – Counsel for Pervez Musharraf Ahmed Raza Kasuri said that former president will not appear before the special court in treason trial due to his illness.
Addressing the media, Kasuri said the whole world knows that Musharraf was undergoing treatment in hospital, adding that he cannot appear before the court.
"Everyone is aware of his sickness. The whole world knows that he is in the ICU (Intensive Care Unit) and the court also knows that," lawyer Ahmed Raza Kasuri told AFP by telephone.
He said he will try to present medical report in court on Monday.
"We just have to make an oral request in the court that since he is not well, his presence should be dispensed with," Kasuri added.
The lawyer also said he hoped that court will exempt Musharraf form hearing on humanitarian grounds.
Musharraf was rushed to a military hospital on Thursday after developing what a police official called a "heart problem" while being taken to hear treason charges against him at a special tribunal in Islamabad.
Musharraf s team says the treason allegations, which relate to his imposition of emergency rule in November 2007, are politically motivated and his lawyers have challenged the authority of the three-judge tribunal.
The ex-dictator spent his fourth day in the Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology in Rawalpindi, the garrison city bordering Islamabad, on Sunday.
The court had adjourned its proceedings Thursday and summoned Musharraf to appear on Monday, but Kasuri said he hoped it would now "exempt his personal presence".
"The court is not making a special concession to Musharraf. It is according to the law. Human life is over and above justice," Kasuri added.
Doctors treating Musharraf had sent his medical reports to experts in Britain, Kasuri told AFP on Saturday, to determine his further treatment at home or abroad.
The ex-dictator s sudden health scare was met with scepticism from some observers and feverish media speculation that his departure from Pakistan on medical grounds -- possibly to either Saudi Arabia or the UAE -- could be imminent.
