Dr Aafia’s case: Final notice sent to man seeking trial of Musharraf

Anwarul Haq wrote a letter to SHC but failed to file a written statement.

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) has sent a final notice to a man who sought action against former president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf, for his alleged role in handing her over to the US.

The petitioner, Anwarul Haq, also cited former interior minister Faisal Saleh Hayat and Dr Aafia Siddiqui’s ex-husband, Dr Mohammad Amjad Khan, as respondents.

The high court’s registrar had received a letter on February 2, 2009 from Haq, who claimed that the respondents were involved in handing over Dr Aafia Siddiqui to the US authorities. He also said that the US Judge Richard Berman, who conducted trial against Dr Aafia, was biased.

He pleaded the court summon all of them, as well as, former US President George Bush and Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai.

Justice Nisar Muhammad Sheikh, who headed the SHC single bench, said Haq had sent his letter by post and had failed to file his written statement to date. “In case the defendant fails to do so, the case shall proceed without him.”  The bench adjourned the hearing till January 21 next year.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 19^th, 2012.