PHC nominates Justice Yehya for Musharraf treason case

PESHAWAR: Peshawar High Court (PHC) has proposed the name of Justice Yehya Afridi for the special court to initiate trial of former president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf in treason case, Geo News reported.

Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry had asked the high courts to forward the names of judges after the government requested the Supreme Court to nominate three judges of the higher judiciary for the special court to initiate the trial of high treason against former president under Article 6 for subverting the Constitution while imposing the emergency and Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO) on November 3, 2007.

The chief justice had directed that nomination may reach the Supreme Court today (Tuesday).