Musharraf’s medical report: Prosecution seeks to cross-examine AFIC team
Says it is necessary to expose lack of professionalism displayed by board.
Former president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf. PHOTO: AFP
ISLAMABAD:
Akram Sheikh, the public prosecutor in Pervez Musharraf’s high treason case, filed on Tuesday an application seeking to cross-examine the president of the medical board of Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology (AFIC).
He reiterated his objections to the medical report, which, he said, should be disregarded outrightly as it was evasive and contrary to the established practice in the field of cardiology.
“But if the court wishes to give any weight to this report, the prosecution requests for summoning at least the president of the medical board, Major General Syed Muhammad Imran Majeed, to cross examine him for the limited purpose of his findings and … to evaluate his report,” he noted.
He said the board – constituted by order of the special court on Jan 16 – had not answered the three questions posed by this court, adding that the report ran contrary to the medical practice in the field of cardiology not only in Pakistan but in most of the countries providing cardiac health care.
“Angiogram is an investigative tool to ascertain the exact diagnosis, and it is necessary to examine how many people suffered the anticipated […] problem at the AFIC during past few years [...] and how much weightage should or could be given to the ‘realm of possibilities’ found by the board of the AFIC,” he added.
He said it was necessary to expose before the court the total lack of professionalism displayed in making the report, which, he declared, ‘hollow’ and ‘devoid of substance’.
“The same [report] is also in complete and naked disregard of the professional integrity, the reputation and good name of the AFIC, which performs thousands of such procedure every month and that such hazard never came over in a single case.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 29th, 2014.
Akram Sheikh, the public prosecutor in Pervez Musharraf’s high treason case, filed on Tuesday an application seeking to cross-examine the president of the medical board of Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology (AFIC).
He reiterated his objections to the medical report, which, he said, should be disregarded outrightly as it was evasive and contrary to the established practice in the field of cardiology.
“But if the court wishes to give any weight to this report, the prosecution requests for summoning at least the president of the medical board, Major General Syed Muhammad Imran Majeed, to cross examine him for the limited purpose of his findings and … to evaluate his report,” he noted.
He said the board – constituted by order of the special court on Jan 16 – had not answered the three questions posed by this court, adding that the report ran contrary to the medical practice in the field of cardiology not only in Pakistan but in most of the countries providing cardiac health care.
“Angiogram is an investigative tool to ascertain the exact diagnosis, and it is necessary to examine how many people suffered the anticipated […] problem at the AFIC during past few years [...] and how much weightage should or could be given to the ‘realm of possibilities’ found by the board of the AFIC,” he added.
He said it was necessary to expose before the court the total lack of professionalism displayed in making the report, which, he declared, ‘hollow’ and ‘devoid of substance’.
“The same [report] is also in complete and naked disregard of the professional integrity, the reputation and good name of the AFIC, which performs thousands of such procedure every month and that such hazard never came over in a single case.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 29th, 2014.