The Supreme Court on Wednesday indefinitely adjourned a government appeal against the removal of former military ruler Gen (r) Pervez Musharraf’s name from the Exit Control List (ECL).
A five-judge larger bench of the apex court, headed by Chief Justice Nasirul Mulk, adjourned the case indefinitely on the request of Musharraf’s counsel.
The federal government had filed an appeal against a Sindh High Court (SHC) decision to remove the former president’s name from ECL.
Earlier on Tuesday, Musharraf’s legal team submitted a single-page application to the court requesting adjournment of the case, while citing the busy court schedule of Musharraf’s lawyer, who is appearing before a special court in the treason case against the former president.
The federal government on Monday submitted the records of cases pending against Musharraf in different courts. The office of the attorney general of Pakistan (AGP) submitted records along with court orders in six different cases, such as Lal Masjid case, Benazir Bhutto murder case, judges’ detention case and Nawab Akbar Bughti murder case among others.
On June 23, the apex court had suspended the SHC’s judgment and adjourned the hearing for four weeks. The court on July 25 then rejected the former president’s plea to schedule the hearing immediately after Eidul Fitr.
TREASON CASE:
Meanwhile, the Special Court trying Musharraf under high treason act for abrogating and subverting the Constitution by proclaiming emergency in the country, adjourned hearing of the case till Thursday (today).
The case was heard by a two-member bench headed by Justice Tahira Safdar and comprising Justice Yawar Ali.
Mushrraf’s counsel Barrister Farogh Naseem is due to present his stance in the court based on the previous trials today. He argued over the petition filed for including Musharraf’s associates in the case trial.
The court ordered him to present a written legal stance before the judge in Thursday’s hearing. Naseem requested the court to cancel the hearing due to some engagements. However, rejecting his request, the court adjourned the hearing till Thursday morning. Justice Faisal Arab was on leave and therefore was not present in Wednesday’s trial.
Earlier, the case hearings had been delayed because the premises of the special court is located opposite the Supreme Court building on Constitution Avenue where followers of PTI Chairman Imran Khan and PAT chief Dr Tahirul Qadri are staging a protest sit-in against the government.
God bless Gen. Musharraf. How could someone face this ordeal after doing so much for Pakistan?
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