APML term Musharraf's indictment in treason case 'monumental injustice'

Treason trial conflicts with fundamental principles of international law, right to fair trial, says Chaudhry Kahlon.

LAHORE: The All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) protested against the Special Court's decision to charge former president Pervez Musharraf for treason due to the imposition of emergency law in 2007.

In a statement following the verdict of the court, Chaudhry Sarfraz Anjum Kahlon, political advisor to Musharraf, termed the indictment a “monumental injustice."

"The treason trial conflicts with the fundamental principles of international law and the right to a fair trial, free from political interference and manipulation," he said.

“The treason trial simply amounts to a politically managed show which is being carried out at the behest of the prime minister on grounds of a personal vendetta."

The Special Court in Islamabad had formally indicted former military ruler on March 31 under article 6 of the Constitution. Musharraf pleaded not guilty to the treason trial and denied all charges levelled against him.

During the hearing yesterday, the former president had said that "I am being called a traitor, I have been chief of army staff for nine years and I have served this army for 45 years.".

"I have fought two wars and it is treason?" he had added.