A three member bench will conduct hearing against ex president Pervez Musharraf. PHOTO: REUTERS/FILE
The three-member bench, headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammed Chaudhry, will on March 28, 2013 hear the petition filed by Maulvi Iqbal Haider in 2010.
There were many cases pending against the ex president but the court has chosen the petition regarding the November 3 emergency to be heard first.
Maulvi Iqbal Haider’s petition had accused Musharraf of violating the constituion when he imposed emergency in Pakistan on November 3, 2007.
A similar petition was filed in the Lahore High Court. However, the Rawalpindi Bar Association requested that the Supreme Court should proceed with a high treason case against the ex-president.
The court though clubbed both the petitions and will have hearings according to article six.
Iqbal first submitted the request for hearing of the case in the Sindh High Court (SHC) but they forwarded the petition to the Supreme Court.
In wake of his return to Pakistan, many lawmakers have repeated their call for the former military ruler to be arrested and tried for treason.
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Musharraf is waxing eloquent in his defence. He says in a press conference the other day that he has not returned under any deal (perhaps because he himself was a deal-maker while in power), challenges his opponents to do whatever they can against him since he is not afraid, brushes aside al fears of assassination, etc. He also justifies the Laaal Masjid operation and Kargil, denies responsibility for Bugti’s killing, and looks to the MQM for a seat or two. Pakistan’s nascent democracy, faced with the challenge of conducting a peaceful democratic transition from one elected government to the next also arguably faces, but is not so far addressing, the sordid past of military coups in our history, and has yet to find the courage to put those responsible in the dock of history and the law.
@Enlightened:
I dont think so. If he really had done something bad then he would not come back. His lawyers will at least advise him not to come back. Even he gets conviction, at least he will die with a clear conscience. This world punishment is nothing comparable the punishment of hereafter.
@Ali Ahmed:
In your eyes only. But who cares for your eyes.
Allah may protect Musharraf from all evils.
@shahid: C.j technically should not be part of any bench hearing any case against Musharraf.He is an aggrieved party.
CJ can take Mush to court as an aggrieved party.
Judges and Lawyers by profession seeks and thrives in cntoversies. These days most of the cases are sponcered by courts itself. Some day people will rise against this immature Judiciary and garbage it.
The Apex Court of Pakistan has set the ball rolling for the former President on first come first served basis ie imposition of emergency and rest of the cases to follow suit as per the time of their happening which might continue for a number of years. The General who had come back with a hope to rule the country again may regret his decision as the court might confine him in his house or put in jail soon.
He is blessed. When God protects someone nothing can damage him. According to the awlia Molana Shaykh Nazim the spiritual head of Sufi Islam or Naqshbandi order Musharraf is blessed. He has to lead the spiritual army from the South Asia in the end of days. Let the idiots and dumb fold challenging him. The ordinary person without a faith can never understand.
This person should be hanged for what he did, the cng shortage, electricity shortage, war on terror every problem is just because of Masharaf
He himself has admitted on BBC that by imposing emergency in Pakistan on November 3, 2007, he has violated the constitution. He could not do all this by himself, there were other Generals involved too, they should also face the music once for all.In Pakistan you want to be President then join the Army, that is what seems like it to me and the world. Times has changed and he must face the law of land. Historical fact: when ZAB was hanged, not much reaction from the populace and they did not come out to the streets and now Mush should be prosecuted and I don't think the nation is going to stand by him. I would not opt for capital punishment, life imprisonment will be fine with me IF he is found guilty. HE MUST BE GIVEN A FAIR ALND OPEN TRIAL, SO THE WORLD SHOULD KNOW.
@Bhatti:
Too bad for him then that the outside world won't be eligible to vote in the next election. If he'll be eligible to run that is, which is highly unlikely.
And he doesn't charge in millions . He can't. Bill Clinton charges $0.5 million/lecture and he's the highest paid.
@abcde: not only him all gunmen who vilated constituition they should be taken out of graves( like general Cromwell in UK) and hanged irrespective of any consideration. otherwise these gunmen keep on coming.
@abcde: Why bcz he came back for Pakistan?? He is a superstar in outside world!! he Charge in millions to deliver lectures in Ivy League Universities!
As per the well-established law of bias which demands impartiality and neutrality of the judges, the CJ's lonstanding animus towards Gen. Musharraf precludes him from being part of any court proceedings against Gen. Musharraf. Moreover, the CJ's appointment as judge of the SC flowed from Gen. Musharraf's pen. My advise to the SC would be to turn to more pressing issues within its mandate such as improving the judicial system of Pakistan rather than opening the festering wounds of the past.
C.j technicaly should not be part of any bench hearing any case against Musharraf.He is an aggreived party.
Good. This man should be hanged, or at the very least rot in jail for the rest of his life.
Maulvi Iqbal Haider’s petition had accused Musharraf of violating the constituion when he imposed emergency in Pakistan on November 3, 2007.
They must proceed with treason charges to forestall future takeovers.Politicians are too compromising with Mush but bcourts must not. SCP is our last hope.