A special court was formed on Saturday to resume hearings in the high treason trial ag
ainst former president General (r) Pervez Musharraf, a private TV channel reported.
The bench will be headed by Lahore High Court Chief Justice Yawar Ali and will include Sindh High Court’s Justice Nazar Akbar. Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nasir has approved the names of the n
ew special court bench members. The law ministry will issue a notification in this regard.
On March 29, the special court bench conducting the high treason trial ag
ainst the former president was dissolved after Justice Yahya Afridi, who headed the bench, recused himself from hea
ring the case.
Justice Afridi, who is chief justice of the Peshawar High Court, recused himself from the bench after Mushar
raf217;s lawyer objected to his inclusion, saying Justice Afridi had been lawyer of former chief justice Iftikhar Chaudhry in the past.
The special court hea
ring the case had resumed proceedings ag
ainst Musharraf on March 8 after a gap
of nine months.
Published in Daily Times, April 8th 2018.
