Islamabad, Jan 16
The special court in Pakistan set up to try former president Pervez Musharraf in the high treason case Thursday reserved its ruling regarding the appearance of former military dictator in court.
Registrar of the special court Abdul Ghani Soomro will announce the ruling later Thursday at 3 p.m. in the court room of the Federal Shariat Court, the Associated Press of Pakistan reported.
The three-judge panel of the special court headed by Justice Faisal Arab resumed hearing of the historic treason trial against Musharraf. However, despite the court’s clear orders for his appearance, he did not appear before the court.
The ninth hearing of the special court, held in the National Library here, started sans Musharraf following the previous trend of the defendant's lawyers’ team representing him.
Musharraf’s lawyers contended that as their client was still admitted in the Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology (AFIC) in Rawalpindi, it would not be possible for him to come to the court.
By:IANS