Pakistan

Musharraf treason case: Akram Sheikh to retain position as head prosecutor

Special Court dismisses petition against the prosecutor who was accused of bias by Musharraf's legal team.

Web Desk April 18, 2014

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.

COMMENTS (21)

Abid Rao | 10 years ago | Reply @Adnan Siddiqi:

To all the paid trolls and supporters of Musharraf

I guess it takes one to know another. Whose payroll are you on? Most here see the bias in the ongoing trial and call a spade a spade. That you cannot come to terms with it and resort to name calling tells one a lot about your person. Spare us your self-righteous rants and accusatory posts.

Aam Aadmi | 10 years ago | Reply @unbelievable: But Musharraf's paid touts are wasting the Nation's time on non-issues while trying to divert the attention from the real case of high treason.

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imran ali | 10 years ago | Reply special court ,special prosecutor.... kangaroo court,it seem judiciary has become political party .GOD the only judge that every body has to answer ...only GOD knows what happened....We can lie to everyone but not to God. He is the one who judges our Truth and Thereby does Justice to mankind.

Light | 10 years ago | Reply @Taseer Siddiqui Yeah all those who were responsible for 71 incident, in any way. All those who contested elections under the supervision of a dictator, all those who gave guard of honor to any dictator, all those who sit at General Rani's house and and beg her for a meeting with general, All those who started his career under general Ayub Khan Lets Start with all those too...

Assad | 10 years ago | Reply When has this ever been about justice and doing the right thing? Do we expect a corrupt to the core judiciary and their political minders to give justice to anyone let alone someone from whom they want to extract revenge? The way they are shamelessly and arrogantly meting out injustice, one after another very valid arguments being rejected on flimsy grounds or on account of not having jurisdiction is a clear indication that this will not end well for anyone. The judiciary will forever be remembered for passing a biased verdict, similar to the ramrodding of ZAB verdict through coercion by Zia and coterie. That Nawaz Sharif is a by-product of the Zia days is a clear indication that he has not learnt a thing and will go about bullying everyone into following his lead. He has grandeur of becoming the khalifa and is blinded by this urge. Justice and fair play is nowhere on his mind.

Adnan Siddiqi | 10 years ago | Reply To all the paid trolls and supporters of Musharraf - Please understand that the ex-commando finds himself in a predicament which he crafted for himself. Y'all can rant and indulging yourself in a mother of all chest thumping but the fact of the matter is that the buck stopped with Musharraf and he is the big fish that is to be netted first. The small change will come later. There are absolutely no similarities between the sham trial of Z.A. Bhutto and the ongoing trial of Musharraf. Z.A. Bhutto spent the last years of his life in deplorable conditions of Attock Fort and Adiala Jail while the commando travels in a cavalcade of 20 vehicles, feigns cardiac complications and hides at a military hospital for 3 months. People making such comparisons need to get a life.

A J KHAN | 10 years ago | Reply Its Law of Jungle in Pakistan. When the Lion is dying, hyenas & scavengers starts gathering & vultures starts hovering to have their share in the corpse. Such is the political scene in Pakistan.

ali ahmed | 10 years ago | Reply money,money....media ,judiciary in favor of MNS..throw money see the tamasha ... is it something along the lines of revenge,"god will give him justice"

unbelievable | 10 years ago | Reply How about starting the trial? Enough with the drama.

Waseem | 10 years ago | Reply They will pay heavy price for this injustice. It will hurt many. but it will be too late then.

Taseer Siddiqui | 10 years ago | Reply Justice demands that the trial should start from Amir ul Momeneen Zia ul Haq. All those who attacked the Supreme Court should not be spared. The judges who validated such act be brought to task. Not Musharaf alone.

Taseer Siddiqui | 10 years ago | Reply Article 6 ought to be applied on many people including Nawaz Sharif for siding with despicable Zia, Iftikhar Chaudhry and his cronies for validating 1999 coup, all judges who ever took oath under PCO, all Generals who abetted in commission of treason, etc. etc

Jibran | 10 years ago | Reply The judges made sure that he continues to draw millions and millions of rupees of the tax payers in fees and other heads.

Careful reader | 10 years ago | Reply These judges can expect a big pay day from nawaz government once the case is over and they immediately retire. Those who felt that ZA Bhutto trial was unfair are now silent about the Musharraf case. This is the tragedy of Pakistan.

Jibran | 10 years ago | Reply @Zaka: @Farooque Siddiqui: @aphtab: Thank you for waking up. PPP was crying afoul for a long time, when judges were publicly stating allegiance to Nawaz Sharif and no one took a notice. Then the corrupt and morally bankrupt cousin of a provincial minister came, and single handedly destroyed the entire institution. He handpicked a team which was neither unbiased nor qualified. Welcome to the world of free judiciary.

excalibur | 10 years ago | Reply Inna lilahe wa ina ilahe raejaoon another genuine petition declared 'inadmissible' . The Army as an insititution cannot be blamed for what the so clearly have articulated in the ISPR release The only ' admissible ' thing in this country is injustice, nepotism and vendetta unashamed , unchecked All in the name of a dyslexic democracy more of a monarchy Disgusting

Zz | 10 years ago | Reply @Zaka: Money....money....money must be funny in the rich man's world. Money can buy anything, anyone.

Rumormonger | 10 years ago | Reply

One word describes the trial.......Travesty!

aphtab | 10 years ago | Reply

The judges are not even pretending to be doing justice. the outcome of this case can be easily be predicted.

Farooque Siddiqui | 10 years ago | Reply

I think courts have become Nawaz Courts these days. Not a single decision in Musharraf Favor. What a Joke of justice.

Zaka | 10 years ago | Reply

Fake government, fake prosecutor and fake judiciary.

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