Prosecutor Akram Sheikh. PHOTO: EXPRESS/FILE
ISLAMABAD: The Special Court on Friday dismissed the request against the appointment of Akram Sheikh as prosecutor in the high treason case, Express News reported.
Sheikh will retain his position as the head prosecutor in this case against former president Pervez Musharraf.
The three-judge bench headed by Justice Faisal Arab had reserved its decision on the Sheikh's appointment on March 26 and it was read out today by the registrar of the Special Court.
On many occasions, Musharraf's legal team had alleged that the prosecutor was biased against the former president, dubbing him a "persecutor", rather than a prosecutor.
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.
Hearings of the treason trial will continue on April 24 and will be held on a daily basis from that day forward.
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One word describes the trial.......Travesty!
The judges are not even pretending to be doing justice. the outcome of this case can be easily be predicted.
I think courts have become Nawaz Courts these days. Not a single decision in Musharraf Favor. What a Joke of justice.
Fake government, fake prosecutor and fake judiciary.