Pakistan

LHC issues notice to file high treason case against Musharraf

Ghazi says Musharraf violated his oath as army officer by abrogating the constitution and dismissing an elected govt.

Express September 22, 2010

LAHORE:

The Lahore High Court (LHC) has issued notices to the federation to file a high treason case against former President Pervez Musharraf.

The notices have been issued after a petition was filed by advocate Ilamuddin Ghazi under Article 6, seeking registration of a case against Musharraf.

The petitioner alleged that Musharraf violated his oath as an army officer by abrogating the constitution and dismissing an elected government.

The petitioner stated that Musharraf had violated the constitution by detaining several judges of the superior judiciary and even placed the Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and his family under house arrest.

In the petition he said that government of Pakistan is not serious for registering a case against former military dictator and requested the court to issue orders to government to take action against him under Article 6 of the constitution.

LHC has issued notices to the federation on his petition.

COMMENTS (22)

Laiba Hassan | 14 years ago | Reply MUSHARRAF I LOVEE U MMMMUUUWWAAHHHH No 1 Have Guts

Bangash | 14 years ago | Reply Aren't these the same judges who validated Musharraf's rule ? Then they have no credibility.

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Pakiboy | 14 years ago | Reply Nawaz Sharif was convicted by high court Lahore in 2002. He did not file an appeal untill 2009 and was provided relief. As per Pakistani law a common man cannot seek an appeal if a case is time barred. but he was given this relief since it is Nawaz Adilia. A reference against Khawaja Sharif Chief Justice High Court is pending with Supreme Court why dont Iftikhar Ch takes it up as he is his friend. No Justice just jokes .... Its a Mafia. Another mafia in shape of Judges have crop up in country ...

Shahryar Ahmed | 14 years ago | Reply Dear Imran, NRO would'nt be here if BB had not gone & sold the double game theory to US. As far as Imran Khan is concerned, unfortunately he is too confused about himself. He does not know what line to tow on. He also has tendencies to deviate from his statements alot. He should have remained in his philanthropic role. Mr. Haider, all i can say is Dream ON. U talk about the CJ, please tell me why uptill now the Judicial Council has not given a detail judgment on the striking down the reference filed against him? Why no one talks about that, they say it was not filed properly & they threw it out because of it? That is pure BS & everyone knows it. The reason I support the previous president is his intention was good, he always thought of Pakistan first, yes he had made mistakes & admits it too. Tell me how many politicians the so called democrats admit their mistakes? Secondly, he was a true democrat, because whatever decisions he took right or wrong (War on Terror, Lal Masjid, Economy, CJP Reference, Bugti incident so on so forth) he took onboard not only the whole cabinet but all top army commanders along with him. Even the present COAS was part of his decision making team. Let's see if the CJP (who cannot sit to judge him because of conflict of interests) can bring all the previous & present Army Commanders & the sitting COAS to court? I would really love / like to see that. As far as he being scared is concerned, need I remind you that he has fought 2 wars & received bravery medals for saving his soldiers from a burning tank. I know for a fact that all army persons are trained in such a manner that they are willing & do sacrifice their lives for the country. They are brainwashed to be patriotic unlike us (agree or not). Furthermore, he has survived as many assassinations attempts, than anyone in the history of Pakistan. So please who ever thinks he is scared of these spineless, corrupt politicians and the judges, I implore them to look up the facts.

imran | 14 years ago | Reply @ Mr. Sharyar you are knocking the wrong door. I hate Nawaz Sharif as he is the opportunist who is equally responsible for the present mess. Yes the only one in these times who can be depended upon seems IMRAN KHAN let every one support him. Musharraf has played his innings and given us bloody streets and NRO.

Patriot | 14 years ago | Reply @ Fayyaz..."Nation stood behind CJP"...when did that happen? I thought it were few media houses...few thousand lawyers, and supporters of some political parties

Fasih Ali Khan | 14 years ago | Reply It all shows that, the Cowards are shivering on his coming back news. Long Live Musharraf.

Fayyaz Haider | 14 years ago | Reply Hah what a commando. Shamefull really shamfull. What is he doing out there from last two years. So stupid we are as a nation. I recall a story. Once there was a king worst of all. His nation was not happy with him. Reaching old age he felt ill and his time comes near. He was worried that after his death people will remember him in bad words due to which he would be in hell. His son said father donot worry. I will not let you remembered in bad words. He died. After his death his son became the king. He was more worst than his father. People of the country started saying that the former king was so good so caring. This is the story of Pakistan. We forgot how nation stood behind chief justice. Musharraf will not come back himself but he will be brought back.

Zahid | 14 years ago | Reply @ Tony... Musharraf is a commando and not a run away type.. watch your words. He is coming back... see the tickers in the news channels of today.... he will come and face all the allegation... Cowards will not come to throw tomatoes, or potatoes instead will run for shelter to safeguard their palaces...The silent majority who did not turn up in the last election will greet him....huh

Abdul Rahman Khan | 14 years ago | Reply ninety percent of today's problems emanated from the worst-ever dictatoriald rule of ziaul haq. Radicalisation, corruption, drug, gun running, nepotism etc. etc. were all ziaul haq's gifts to the nation. Some of ziaul haq's collaborators met their fate alongwith their ringleader but a few of them are still there. They have a big face to appear on t.v. programmes and clamour for democracy. Those who are demandiong musharraf's trial should first demand trial of ziaul haq's generals including faiz ali chishti, hameed gul and others.Compared to other coup masteres, musharraf has quite many achievements to his crerdit. Musharraf's only crime is that he is not a punjabi/pathan general otherwise there wouldn't have been so much demonizing him.

Tony | 14 years ago | Reply Musharraf is a Run Away type personality, who is self exile just for his personal safety.If he has guts he should come a try to move freely on the streets of this country. I am sure boots,eggs and tomatoes will greet him.

Zulfiqar Haider | 14 years ago | Reply Efforts are underway to welcome the previous dictator with allegations and accusations. Of course high treason against the state is punishable and must be dealt accordingly.

Talha | 14 years ago | Reply Democracy where more than 70% population is illiterate ?? just more than 2 1/2 years of democracy almost bankrupt the country ??. And someone who really delivered in his time and an honest and true patriot must be tried for his honesty and patriotism in this so called democracy. Unfortunate country Unfortunate people.

Tariq Afzal | 14 years ago | Reply Article 6 first apply on Dictator Zia-ul-haq & there accomplices like Shareef Brothers & Jamat Islami. and after that On Mr. musharraf. Will any Punjabi has dare to do it?

Think therefore | 14 years ago | Reply Musharraf pressed on with his "own" agenda not caring for the fact that he may be forced to relinquish power to the same plunderers he took power from... he deserves the exile he has granted himself... Kalabagh and the CJ issue will continue to haunt him.... but he did some good too... maybe he should adopt an MQM style remote leadership model....

shaukat ali | 14 years ago | Reply hahaha, I am wondering when people in our country will learn to think beyond their pond. Just compare the country between 2000 to 2006 under Musharraf and the time between Feb.2008 till now under so called democracy. country was naurishing under musharraf between 2000 to 2006 and now sinking as defaulter under democracy. i personally dont think Pakistan is ready for this so called corrupt democracy. I just want to see pakistan doing good, i dont care it is under a military ruler or under democracy and I feel militry rule always bring some stability to the country than so called corrupt democracy. Same old faces and same old talk and in the end common people are suffering. By all above comparison, I think, Musharraf is still the best person to rule the country. dont think that common people threw him out. it was consipracy of establishment how threw him out by using CJ chaudhry and Media alongwith American Ashirwad. he is still the best with no personal corruption in record under his 9 years of rule. People in the world still wants to listen to him that is why he is getting invitations from all forums to come and talk. he is the only pakistani leader who has respect in the world.

Shahryar Ahmed | 14 years ago | Reply Dear Imran & Aristo, Please tell me is it ok for a Nawaz Sharif to try to get a bill passed making him the PM, President & Army Chief all in one from a rubber stamp Assembly voted by a rigged election, suppervised by a President who happened to be a legal advisor to his family business or appointing an Army Chief with a Engineering Corp background (non combative experiance) who also happens to have family ties & belongs to the same clan? Please let me remind you that Mr. Sharif's career began & blossomed during a regime of a true dictator, nurtured by the ISI General's you both & the whole public nowadays look down upon. Come on, there is a height of biasness in your above statements. What Pakistan is going through today is because of the following group of people: Media: Why is media crying foul about corruption & mis-management today, didn’t they know about the track record of the present crop of politicians before, when they were screaming to bring back main stream politicians? Why they couldn’t stop praising Mr. Zardari & triumph of democracy when he got elected? every child knew about his intentions besides Mr. Sharif as he voted to elect him, if he didn’t then he is not fit for anything. Judiciary: What ever happened to the PAK STEEL being a national asset being sold on cheap? How come in less than 2 years it now need every now & then 22 billion of our (tax payers) money to sustain for a couple of months? What ever happened to the missing person cases, how can one be missing if he goes to war with the government on his own free will? Why didn’t Musharraf sell people like you & me or many other who were against him to the US, I am sure we would be worht more than someone from a far flung area in Baluchistan or Punjab Or KP? How can a sitting high court judge have personal & family relations with the CM of the same province & admit that too? Only in Pakistan. Lawyers: How come the respectable not lawyers who use to refuse to go in front our current CJP as he was always known to be Musharrafs’ man? Most of these people are paid to twist the truth, where are the old guard of the movement? Why did BB snub Atizaz Ahsan in London before returning to Pakistan? These are the real culprits who have put Pakistan in this situation? So please think before you write & try to look at the facts and a little bit back in history. Stop listening to these media thugs & pray to God that you ever get in an accident with these thugs. Believe you me I have seen what these people can do black mail u to the hilt with the help of police. Most of these newbies media people are nothing but too bit thugs, I am not saying this at the top of my head, but after seeing my friends experience.

Shahzad Khan | 14 years ago | Reply Let's see who has the balls to try Gen(R) Musharraf under article 6

Malik Tabeer | 14 years ago | Reply Whatever these corrupt culprit are scared coward bumb PMLN and co

Aristo | 14 years ago | Reply Lets see who has the guts to make this happen. If for once this feat is accomplished, no military person will ever dare to abrogate the constitution. Can the army allow the sacrifice of one of its own progeny for the greater good of Pakistan.

imran | 14 years ago | Reply Musharraf must be punished for all his actions, the results of which are today visible on the streets of this Country in shape of lawlessness,corruption,nepotism and the gift of NRO.

Hamid | 14 years ago | Reply This reflects how much PMLN has got squared of Musharraf. Geo Musharraf. Ultimately people of Pakistan will win to let Musharraf rule.

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