The Supreme Court on Tuesday resumed the hearing of a treason case against former military ruler Pervez Musharraf, while the latter may not appear before the court.
A two-judge bench of the apex court, comprising Justice Jawwad S Khawaja and Justice Khilji Arif Hussain, heard five identical petitions against the retired general seeking his trial under Article 6 of the Constitution for imposing the state of emergency in 2007.
Earlier on Monday, the bench had directed Musharraf to appear before it today (on Tuesday) to face charges of high treason and also barred him from leaving the country.
However, later on Monday evening, Musharraf’s Facebook account quoted him as saying that: “I have directed my panel of eminent lawyers to forcefully represent me in the Supreme Court of Pakistan tomorrow… These cases do not frighten me and I will fight all the cases in the court of law!”
The petitioners also sought trials of retired lieutenant generals Mehmood Ahmed and Muzaffar Usmani as well as retired major generals Aziz Ahmed, Shahid Aziz and Ghulam Mohammad for high treason because, according to them, they had abetted Musharraf in subverting the Constitution.