ISLAMABAD: In the ‘high treason’ case against former president retired Gen Pervez Musharraf, the government plans to charge him with abrogating, subverting, suspending, holding in abeyance and attempting to conspire against the 1973 Constitution by declaring emergency and overthrowing superior judiciary in November 2007.
In a formal complaint to be filed yesterday in a three-judge special court set up to try the former military ruler under Article 6 of the Constitution, the government has not nominated any co-accused in the case. This is despite the fact that clause 2 of Article 6 also holds “any person aiding or abetting or collaborating the acts mentioned in clause shall likewise be guilty of high treason”. The complaint does not blame Gen Musharraf for the 1999 military coup.
Informed sources said the complaint No 01/2013 would be submitted to special court’s registrar Abdul Ghani Soomro, Sessions Judge of Sindh Judicial Service, through the FIA director general and the interior secretary.
It will be filed under Article 6 of the 1973 Constitution. The interior secretary will act as the complainant and authorise the FIA DG to file the complaint. It pleads that the accused be tried on five heads of charges as mentioned in Article 6 and, if found guilty of any or all the charges, be awarded punishment as mentioned in Section 2(b) of the High Treason (punishment) Act 1973 (Act LXVIII of 1973).
Musharraf who ruled the country for 10 years has been accused of committing all the five acts of high treason he abrogated, subverted, suspended and held the constitution in abeyance or attempted or conspired to do so.
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