Ahmed Raza Kasuri, counsel for former president General (r) Pervez Musharraf, on Tuesday told the apex court that his client had no faith in the Supreme Court bench hearing the treason case against the former military strongman.
During Tuesday’s hearing of the case at the apex court, another counsel for Musharraf, Ibrahim Satti, said adding his client’s name to the exit control list was in violation of the Constitution.
Satti added that there was no hint of a case for high treason against his client and therefore the addition of Musharraf’s name on ECL was a violation of his fundamental rights.
Furthermore, Kasuri said his client had no confidence in the apex court bench hearing the treason case against him.
“My client has no faith in the bench hearing the case,” Kasuri said, adding that the Supreme Court should first address the question of formation of a larger bench on the matter or handing the matter over to the full court.
Earlier, Musharraf had appeared in the Rawalpindi anti-terrorist court which was hearing the Benazir Bhutto murder case.
He had also reached the premises of the anti-terrorist court for the hearing which was subsequently adjourned to May 3.
Earlier, the ATC had summoned all accused, including the retired general, for the case’s April 23 hearing.
The former president is currently under judicial custody and is residing in his farmhouse residence of Chak Shahzad on the outskirts of Islamabad. The farmhouse was declared a sub-jail by the anti-terrorist court in Islamabad as it heard the judges’ detention case against the former military strongman.
Benazir Bhutto was assassinated in a gun-and-bomb attack outside Rawalpindi’s Liaquat Bagh on December 27, 2007. She was killed after addressing an election campaign rally in the city.
The ATC had indicted Musharraf in the case in February 2011, and in August the same year he was declared a proclaimed offender and his property was attached because of his absence.