Former chief justice of Pakistan (CJP) Abdul Hameed Dogar on Tuesday moved the Supreme Court (SC) against the Islamabad High Court’s decision of declaring him co-accused with former president Pervez Musharraf and holding inquiry again through the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) in the high treason case.
In his petition filed through advocate Iftikhar Hussain Gillani, Dogar submitted that former president Musharraf had imposed the emergency in his personal capacity and he had no say in his (Musharraf’s) decision.
Dogar argued that the IHC did not fulfill all legal formalities while giving the decision and that he was not heard properly. He contended that the decision given against him was based on mala fide intent, and requested the court to issue orders to nullify the same.
Former president Musharraf, the special court and IHC registrar have been made respondents in the petition.
Dogar further submitted that the IHC’s decision was violative of law and the constitution. He maintained that no evidence was available against him with reference to the proclamation of emergency on November 3, 2007, contending that “I had nothing to do with the administrative matters being the CJP”.
He said the high court’s decision was contrary to the Article 14 of the constitution, and contended that declaring him co-accused with Musharraf was an injustice when a 14-member SC bench had already declared Musharraf the real culprit of proclamation of emergency.
