Musharraf saga: Medical board completes health assessment report

The sealed report will be submitted to the special court tomorrow.


Web Desk January 23, 2014
Pervez Musharraf addresses foreign media representatives at his farmhouse in Islamabad on December 29, 2013. PHOTO: AFP

ISLAMABAD: The medical board – formed to review former president Pervez Musharraf’s health condition – has completed its assessment report, Express News reported on Thursday.

Musharraf has been skipping court hearings citing security and health issues and the special court on January 16 ordered the formation of a medical board to review his health condition.

The sealed report will be submitted to the court tomorrow and the special bench will issue appropriate order in the light of the information.

Musharraf was accused of treason under Article 6 for suspending, subverting and abrogating the Constitution, imposing an emergency in the country in November 2007 and detaining judges of the superior courts. The 70-year-old had fallen ill and taken to the Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology in Rawalpindi on January 2 as he was being transported under heavy guard to the court.

Lawyers representing the former military ruler have been requesting for Musharraf’s treatment abroad and the special court will decide – with the help of the medical report – if he should be allowed to leave the country or not.

COMMENTS (9)

Javed Afridi | 10 years ago | Reply

Come on folks, do you really believe it's because of better treatment that he wants to go abroad. As far as health conditions are concerned, AFIC is one of the best hospitals in the world. Citing others for going abroad for treatment in as lame an accuse as it possibly can be. Everybody else was expected to come back and this COWARD won't. The only time in my life, when I felt like appreciating Bilawal was regarding his spot-on comments about this coward commando ...

Naim | 10 years ago | Reply

Biased article trying to make out Musharraf has deliberately avoided court appearance, Musharraf's opponents ruling pmln have admitted he fell ill,still anti Musharraf journalist's come up with rubbish and don't even bother questioning the biased judges of the special court, set up of the special court by the corrupt ex chief Justice and pmln. @Ajab khan Baloch:Do you ever question all the corrupt politicians and their families with ill gotten wealth who travel abroad for treatment, one leader of Pakistan who has no corruption to his name ,under whom Pakistan prospered,sheer illogical cheek.

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