General (r) Pervez Musharraf’s lawyer Ahmed Raza Kasuri said on Sunday the ailing former president would not make a scheduled appearance on Monday.
The 70-year-old was rushed to a military hospital on Thursday after developing what a police official called a “heart problem” while being taken to hear treason charges against him at a special tribunal in Islamabad.
“Everyone is aware of his sickness. The whole world knows that he is in the intensive care unit (ICU) and the court also knows that,” Kasuri said.
“We just have to make an oral request in the court that since he is not well, his presence should be dispensed with,” Kasuri said.
The former army chief spent his fourth day in the Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology (AFIC) in Rawalpindi.
The court had adjourned its proceedings on Thursday and ordered Musharraf to appear on Monday, but Kasuri said he hoped it would now “exempt his personal presence”.
“The court is not making a special concession to Musharraf. It is according to the law. Human life is over and above justice,” Kasuri added.
Doctors treating Musharraf had sent his medical reports to experts in Britain to determine his further treatment at home or abroad, he added.
Ailing Musharraf will not appear before court: Kasuri
