SHC disposes of treason plea against Musharraf

Sindh High Court has disposed of a petition seeking filing of a treason case against former president General (r) Pervez Musharraf, Sharifuddin Pirzada and Malik Qayyum, Dunya News reported on Thursday. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Sindh High Court Sarmad Jalal Usmani and Justice Abdul Hadi Khoso advised petitioner Maulvi Iqbal Haider to approach the Supreme Court in this respect. The petitioner Maulvi Haider Iqbal contended that General Musharraf violated the Constitution by imposing emergency on October 3, 2007, which is tantamount to committing treason. The petition added that Musharraf amended the Constitution after his volitions thereby distorting the countrys most respected document. Maulvi Iqbal stated that Sahrifuddin Pirzada and Malik Qayyum incited Musharraf to contravene the Constitution and hence a case should be filed against the under Article 6 of the Constitution.