Interior Secretary Shahid Khan on Tuesday informed the special court that the high treason case against former president General (r) Pervez Musharraf was registered after conducting an enquiry and investigation.
During the hearing of the treason case on Tuesday, the secretary said that the prime minister did not lodge any complaint against the former military ruler and had only ordered an investigation.
A three-member special bench, headed by Justice Arab, heard treason case against Musharraf for abrogating and subverting the constitution by the proclamation of emergency in the country on November 3, 2007.
Defence counsel Barrister Farogh Naseem started cross examination of the interior secretary.
The defence counsel asked the secretary, who is the complainant of the case, that who had ordered him to register the case against Musharraf. The secretary said that a letter was received from the Prime Minister House, after which an enquiry was conducted and the complaint was registered against the former military ruler. On a question about the letter, the complainant said that he has an attested copy of the original letter.
Nasim questioned whether there is any law that authorises the premier to order the interior secretary to file a complaint. The interior secretary replied that he was not aware of any such SRO or law, but the prime minister, as chief executive, can order probe into any case.
“The PM has directed investigation into different cases, including the Karachi incident,” he said.
The secretary explained that the probe against Musharraf was also started on the PM’s order but he did not file the complaint.
He admitted that the lodging of a complaint regarding violation of Article 6 took seven years.
The federal government decided on December 12, 2013 to file a complaint on the report of a joint investigation team. No additional documentation was done after the complaint was filed.
The cross examination of the interior secretary will continue in the hearing of the trial on Wednesday.
Qadri announced his complete support to Pakistan’s armed forces, and said Operation Zarb-e-Azb is justified and in accordance with Islamic teachings, adding that the armed forces are waging Jihad against terrorists in the country.
Qadri said, “From this Friday, I appeal to everyone to stage peaceful rallies in support of Zarb-e-Azb,” adding that the operation is a jihad against terrorists.
IDP ASSISTANCE:
Qadri also announced that PAT and Minhajul Quran International (MQI) would send 25,000 bags of food and medicines to Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps.
He advised his workers to set up donation camps and said he would visit IDP camps soon. He demanded the federal government to allocate funds for IDPs in the budget for fiscal year 2014-15.