ISLAMABAD – Former President Pervaiz Musharraf lands in yet another troubleas a petition seeking completion of trial against former president PervezMusharraf and announcement of high treason case’s reserved verdict on thedecided date has been filed in Supreme Court (SC) today (Tuesday).
The plea, submitted by Lahore High Court (LHC) Bar Association, stated thatSC has already given clear instructions to trial court to conclude the caseas early as possible. Federal government is creating hurdles for smoothproceedings of the case, it added.
The petition further requested the apex court to issue directives forimplementation on its April 2019 judgment. Special court is violating SC’sorder by not completing the trial against Pervez Musharraf, it asserted.
The development came after a full bench of LHC heard petitionslink reserving verdict of hightreason case.
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During the hearing, Justice Mazhar Ali Akbar Naqvi said we are receivinginformation about filing of another petition in federal capital over which,Musharraf’s lawyer Khawaja Tariq Rahim told that interior minister hadsubmitted the plea in Islamabad High Court (IHC).
The court had summoned Attorney General for assistance in the case anddirected the authorities to submit summary regarding formation of trialcourt.
