LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) has served notice to the federal government in the high treason case against former president Pervez Musharraf.
The LHC served notice to the federal government in a plea of Musharraf against the formation of the special court in the same case. The federal government has been asked to submit its reply in the plea on December 17.
Last week, the counsel for Musharraf filed a petition in the high court challenging the formation of a special court as unconstitutional. It stated that no permission was taken from the federal cabinet for initiating a trial against the former military ruler.
The petition stated that the appointment of the prosecutor of the special court and other processes was also unlawful.
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The petitioner also requested the court to summon a complete record of the proceedings of the special court and to declare the proceedings of the special court as unlawful.
General retired Musharraf was booked in a treason case in December 2013. He was indicted on 31st March 2014 in the case of suspending the Constitution by proclamation of emergency on 3rd November 2007.
He left for Dubai in 2016 to seek medical treatment and hasn’t returned since, and has been declared an absconder by the special court
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