Musharraf ordered to record statement in treason case

TIL Desk/World/Islamabad/ Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Thursday directed former President Pervez Musharraf, who has been living in Dubai since 2016 for “medical treatment”, to return and record his statement in a treason case, saying “there are good doctors in Pakistan” to treat him.

Musharraf is facing the treason case for suspending the Constitution in 2007. Chief Justice Saqib Nisar’s remarks came as he headed a bench hearing the case related to National Reconciliation Ordinance, passed by the former Army chief in 2007. The NRO granted amnesty to several politicians by revoking criminal and corruption cases against them.

During the Thursday hearing, Musharraf’s counsel Akhtar Shah submitted a reply regarding the former President’s return to Pakistan and said: “I request the bench to keep my client’s illness confidential.” Justice Nisar, however, replied saying that “there are people present in the country who are suffering with this disease.” Musharraf’s counsel then asked the court to not place the former dictator’s name on Exit Control List. However, he didn’t get any assurance from Justice Nisar.