ISLAMABAD: The
Special Court hearing high
treason case against former president General (R) Pervez
Musharraf on Thursday summoned Secretary Interior to explain under what law it had de-notified the
prosecution team in the instant case.A three-member bench of the
Special Court headed by Justice Waqar Ahmed Seth and comprising Justice Nazar Akbar and Justice Shahid Karim resumed hearing into the complaint, lodged by former PML-N government seeking initiation of high
treason proceedings against the former president for imposing emergency rule on November 3, 2007.Head of the old
prosecution team Dr Tariq Hassan along with other members appeared before the
Court and submitted its final written arguments before the court.The
Court asked Dr Tariq Hassan as to whether he had received the government’s notification, de-notifying the
prosecution team. Dr Tariq Hassan, however, submitted that they were ignorant in this regard, adding that he had prepared the case last night.The head of the
prosecution team submitted that they have brought the whole case to the finished line and submitted their final written arguments.It is pertinent to mention here that the Ministry of Interior the other day had de-notified the
prosecution constituted for high
treason case as well as research assistant.“In pursuance of the Section 4A of the Central Law Officers Ordinance 1970 and the Judgment of the Supreme
Court in Rasheed Ahmed vs Federation of Pakistan PLD 2017 SC 121, the
prosecution team, constitutional
team and the research assistant to the
prosecution team notified vide Ministry of Interior’s notification No 4/19/2011-fia dated December 9, 2013 and January 27, 2014 are hereby de-notified and their services are disengaged with immediate effect”, says the notification available with The News.The
prosecution team was comprised of senior 11 lawyers including Dr Tariq Hassan, Nasir-ud-Din Khan Kanwar, Sardar Asmatullah and Muhammad Ikram Chaudhry with Mian Moazzam Habib as Research Assistant.
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