Summary Musharraf is scheduled to appear before the Special Court on March 11.
ISLAMABAD (Web Desk) – Former military ruler General (retired) Pervez Musharraf’s lawyers submitted Tehreek-e-Taliban’s threat letter in the special court today (Wednesday), Dunya News reported.
A three-member bench headed by Justice Faisal Arab resumed hearing of the high-profile treason case against Musharraf.
During case proceedings, Musharraf’s advocate Ahmed Raza Kasuri read out the ‘threat letter’ in the court.
In the letter, the TTP has warned former president’s lawyers Ahmed Raza Kasuri, Sharifuddin Pirzada and Anwar Mansoor to distance themselves from the case.
The handwritten letter, seen by AFP, said: "Dear Sirs, we request that the three of you stop representing Musharraf otherwise we will destroy your children and behead all of you."
It was signed by the "people of South and North Waziristan".
Musharraf, who ruled Pakistan from 1999 to 2008, is reviled by militants for joining the US-led "war on terror" and survived two assassination attempts by them.
Ahmed Raza Kasuri said that Prime Minister and Chief Minister of Punjab will be responsible if any untoward incident occurred.
His lawyers also submitted a written application in which Musharraf stated: "It is requested that I may be allowed to travel abroad for my own treatment as also to attend to my seriously ailing mother".
Musharraf was diagnosed with triple-vessel coronary artery disease by military doctors in January. His mother, who resides in Dubai is 94 and is said to be suffering from a number of serious ailments.
Similar requests by Musharraf s lawyers in the past have been denied.
Lawyer Ahmad Raza Kasuri said the defence team wanted the trial shifted to another location and feared for its safety, after a gun and suicide attack on a lower court complex in Islamabad on Monday left 11 dead.
"We cannot go ahead with this case in these conditions," he said, before reading aloud from a threatening letter he said the team had received.
Prosecutor Akram Sheikh argued that his all sympathies are with the legal fraternity but courts keep working during wars as well.
Justice Faisal Arab remarked that judges are facing risk of attack too and a meeting in this regard was held with the Law Secretary, IG and Chief Commissioner as well.
Subsequently, the case hearing was adjourned till March 7.
Musharraf is scheduled to appear before the Special Court on March 11. He is likely to be indicted on that day.
This is the first time in Pakistan s history that a former military chief is facing trial for treason.
Musharraf has endured a torrid time since returning to Pakistan in March last year on an ill-fated mission to run in the general election.
Almost as soon as he landed he was barred from contesting the vote and hit with a barrage of legal cases dating back to his rule.
