Special court hearing of Musharraf treason case underway

KARACHI: The special court formed to conduct treason trial against Pervez Musharraf has resumed hearing on Tuesday morning here.

Earlier, the court had ordered the accused Pervez Musharraf to appear in court today for his likely indictment in the case.

Meanwhile, Ahmed Raza Kasuri, a counsel for Musharraf, said that his client will not appear before the court. However, prosecution said that a requst would be moved for issuance of non-bailable arrest warrants against the accused if he didn’t appear before the court.

On the other hand, the interior minister in a letter delivered to intelligence agencies said the terrorists have sympathisers in the security team of General (retd) Pervez Musharraf, who could assassinate him and the plan may materialise either en route using IEDs/VBIED or inside/outside the courts similar to the attack on Salmaan Taseer, former Punjab governor.

The Interior Ministry has reportedly written a letter to intelligence agencies and police outlining the threats to former president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf’s life.

In the letter, the ministry states that the former president has received threats from various terrorist groups and he may be attacked while travelling from the Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology (AFIC) to the special court constituted to hear the treason case against him.

The former military dictator is facing a high treason trial for abrogating the Constitution in 2007 while imposing emergency rule.