SC’s larger bench to hear government’s appeal against SHC’s verdict on Musharraf’s ECL case
ISLAMABAD
INP
A five-member Supreme Court bench headed by Justice Nasirul Mulk will hear the federal government’s appeal today (Monday) against Sindh High Court’s June 12 verdict lifting former president Pervez Musharraf’s travel ban.
The bench also comprises Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali, Justice Saqib Nisar, Justice Asif Saeed and Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan.
Earlier, a three-judge bench headed by Justice Saqib Nasir, while hearing the previous plea on June 16, had referred the matter to the chief justice and suggested the formation of a larger bench.
Expressing its fears in its June 16 plea, the government had said that Musharraf was likely to leave the country after SHC’s judgment.
“The trial under Article 6 of the Constitution is taking place for the first time in Pakistan’s history and should not be allowed to be frustrated or undermined. In view of the importance of the case, it is respectfully requested that this matter may be fixed at the earliest date,” it had submitted.