Treason trial: Courts decide cases based on merit, says Akram Sheikh

Sheikh denies rumours that he has family ties with Nawaz and that prosecution plans to take case to its bitter end.

ISLAMABAD:

The direction of any case is for the court to decide depending on the merits, public prosecutor Akram Sheikh said in response to a story published in The Express Tribune.

Sheikh, who represents the government in the treason case against former military ruler Pervez Musharraf said that his team had completed the documentary evidence and that investigating officers are to be examined.

Subsequently, he said that Musharraf was required to appear before the court to record his statement.

Sheikh denied all insinuations, including rumours that he has family ties with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and that the prosecution plans to take the case to its bitter end.

Issuing a cautious warning, he said that the legal fraternity and media should refrain from commenting on the trial as the matter was sub judice.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 10^th, 2014.