ISLAMABAD: Additional Attorney General Tariq Mehmood Khokhar on Tuesday resigned from his position, saying that his conscience does not allow him to pursue the high treason case against former president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf.
As per reports, Khokar had filed the petition on behalf of the government seeking to postpone the judgment against the former president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf in the Islamabad High Court in the high treason case.
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The petition has taken a stance that a special court should be stopped from announcing the verdict until former President personally appears before the court.
According to sources, the now-former additional attorney general had met Prime Minister Imran Khan prior to his resignation. They both reportedly discussed the Musharraf case during their meeting.
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Tariq Mehmood Khokhar was appointed as additional attorney general in July 2018 for the second time. He served on the same post in 2013.
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