Musharraf treason case: Prosecution says request to include co-conspirators is premature
Musharraf's lawyer had asked for disclosure of official data that shows details of the abettors in the 2007 emergency.
Akram Sheikh, in a written report, states that Musharraf's legal team's request was pre-mature. PHOTO: REUTERS
ISLAMABAD:
The prosecutor in the high treason trial on Wednesday said the request to include former president Pervez Musharraf’s alleged co-conspirators in the trial was an effort to complicate the case, Express News reported.
The case was heard by a three-member bench of the Special Court in Islamabad, headed by Justice Faisal Arab.
Musharraf’s counsel, Dr Farogh Naseem, had requested in the last hearing that the court grant disclosure and supply of copies of inquiries as well as the investigation report of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) that shows details of the abettors in the 2007 proclamation of emergency.
Labelling the request as premature, Prosecutor Akram Sheikh - in a written reply submitted today - said the issue regarding the co-accused can be raised when witnesses will record their testimonies.
Justice Faisal Arab questioned the prosecution as to why the suspect should be denied access to the official data to which Sheikh responded that only court can make such requests and not the suspect.
Adjourning the hearing till April 24, the bench said daily hearings will take place from that day onwards.
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.
The prosecutor in the high treason trial on Wednesday said the request to include former president Pervez Musharraf’s alleged co-conspirators in the trial was an effort to complicate the case, Express News reported.
The case was heard by a three-member bench of the Special Court in Islamabad, headed by Justice Faisal Arab.
Musharraf’s counsel, Dr Farogh Naseem, had requested in the last hearing that the court grant disclosure and supply of copies of inquiries as well as the investigation report of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) that shows details of the abettors in the 2007 proclamation of emergency.
Labelling the request as premature, Prosecutor Akram Sheikh - in a written reply submitted today - said the issue regarding the co-accused can be raised when witnesses will record their testimonies.
Justice Faisal Arab questioned the prosecution as to why the suspect should be denied access to the official data to which Sheikh responded that only court can make such requests and not the suspect.
Adjourning the hearing till April 24, the bench said daily hearings will take place from that day onwards.
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.