Musharraf treason case unrelated to army: Ahsan Iqbal

Minister Ahsan Iqbal says people who are attempting to link treason trial to army are betraying Pakistan.

LAHORE: The treason case against former president Pervez Musharraf was not connected to the army and people who were attempting to link the case to the army were betraying Pakistan, Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal said on Saturday.

Iqbal told media in Lahore that Musharraf's legal team was trying to create problems in the country and this was the worst kind of conspiracy.

"Pakistan cannot bear these kinds of conspiracies," he stated, adding that anyone who tried to weaken the political system was an enemy of the state.

On March 31, Musharraf was formally charged for subverting and circumventing the Constitution by imposing emergency on November 3, 2007. Musharraf had rejected the charges levelled against him.

You can view the five charges levelled against him here.