ISLAMABAD-
The special court hearing of treason trial against former president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf was resumed here on Wednesday, a private news channel reported.
During the hearing, chief prosecutor Akram Sheikh submitted his written reply about the facilitators of November 2007’s emergency imposition.
Sheikh stated that evidence found regarding the event by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) was only against Musharraf, adding the relevant documents of evidence had only his signature and so, as per the law, he was solely responsible for the imposition of emergency.
He said that the then prime minister was not notified in advance through any summary of the decision nor were there any records that proved the cabinet’s approval of the act.
Shiekh said that he did not have FIA investigation report but no evidence regarding consultations were found before November 3’s decision.
The chief prosecutor added that if Musharraf claims of involvement of facilitators for imposition emergency by, he should authenticate the claim by providing evidence.
On Tuesday, Musharraf’s counsel Barrister Farogh Naseem had requested the court to also try the associates of his client for assisting him in declaring the state of emergency.
Naseem argued that in terms of international jurisprudence, there could be no selective prosecution of Musharraf and quoted Article 12(2) of the Constitution requiring a trial under Article 6 with effect from 23rd March,1956.
Justice Faisal Arab told the defence counsel that the court could not open all the cases of abrogation of the Constitution since 1956, as its mandate was limited to hearing the instant case.
Earlier, Musharraf was exempted from appearing in the court.
The bench added that he will be ordered to appear when required.
when treason act was validated by court..([(2A) An act of high treason mentioned in clause (1) or clause (2) shall not be validated by any court including the Supreme Court and a High Court.])..and C.J. gave full power to change any law at his free will…emercency act 2007 is automatically a legitimate action. the trail should start from 1999…and cases should be framed against all those people involved in it including judges.
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