Musharraf moves Lahore HC in treason case

November 23, 2019 23:10

Pakistan's former President General Pervez Musharraf on Saturday moved the Lahore high court just days before a special court is scheduled to announce its verdict in the high profile treason case against him.

Musharraf has filed a petition in the Lahore high court against the special court for reserving judgment in the treason case, Dawn reported.

Musharraf's counsel Khwaja Ahmed Tariq Rahim approached the high court on his client's behalf, contending that the reserving of the verdict on November 19 was 'unconstitutional and void.'

It was pleaded before the court that the impugned order from that date be suspended and that "the trial in absentia being conducted against the petitioner" be stayed until his physical appearance before the court.

Citing the "landmark judgment" in the Mustafa Impex, Karachi vs The Government of Pakistan case, the petition has called for the decision in the case to be enforced and the trial in Musharraf's case to be re-initiated.

Additionally, the petition has argued that the federation of Pakistan and the Federal Investigation Agency "be directed to conduct a proper and unbiased investigation including the names of all alleged aiders and abettors for the proper appreciation of facts and evidence at trial."

It has also pleaded that the petitioner is granted his "constitutional right to a fair trial and audience in the instant trial" according to the law.

-- ANI

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