Musharraf gets court reprieve

Oct 15, 2010 |

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Oct. 14: A Pakistani court on Thursday dismissed a petition seeking “high treason’ charges against former military ruler, Mr Pervez Musharraf. “The Sindh high court (SHC) in its verdict dismissed the petition regarding high treason charges against Mr Pervez Musharraf and his associates,” a court official said. The petitioner has been directed to move the Supreme Court (SC), added the official.

The petitioner, Maulvi Iqbal Hyder, filed the plea, which said Mr Musharraf, resorting to extra-constitutional measure, imposed emergency on November 3, 2007, and put over 60 judges of higher judiciary under house arrest with all rampant wilful decisions. “The attorney-generals, Malik Qayyum and Sharifuddin Pirzada, at that time assisted him and thus, all the three committed high treason,” said the petitioner.

The court, dismissing the plea, and said the matter has come under hearing before the apex court hence any high court ruling in this regard is uncalled for. Meanwhile, Mr Talal Bugti, son of slain Baloch nationalist leader Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti, says he has sought legal advice from senior lawyers for Mr Pervez Musharraf’s early repatriation and trial either inside Pakistan or in the United Kingdom for his father’s murder.

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