ISLAMABAD – Former President Pervaiz Musharraf faces a big blow from theSupreme Court of Pakistan.
The Supreme Court office has refused to entertain an appeal of formerpresident retired General Pervez Musharraf against his conviction in thehigh treason case.
An informed source told *Dawn* on Friday that the court office returned theappeal on the grounds that unless the petitioner surrenders himself, hisplea cannot be entertained.
Order 23, Rule 8 of the Supreme Court Rules, 1980, empowers the apex courtnot to accept any petition unless the convict surrenders himself to theauthorities.
The counsel representing Musharraf is expected to file an appeal soonagainst the registrar’s decision to return the petition.
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On Thursday, Musharraf had moved the SC, seeking to overturn the specialcourt’s Dec 17, 2019, verdict, convicting him in the high treason case.
Moved by Barrister Salman Safdar, the petition had pleaded that the verdictshould be set aside since the trial was conducted and completed in sheerviolation of the Constitution as well as the Code of Criminal Procedure(CrPC), 1898.
The appeal also sought the right of audience before the SC in his physicalabsence as well as the suspension of the judgment in the interest ofjustice and fair play.
