ISLAMABAD: The Lahore High Court bench hearing treason case against former president Pervez Musharraf Wednesday was dissolved once again after the retirement of Yawar Ali as LHC chief justice.
Justice Yawar Ali was heading the three-member bench that also included Justice Mazhar Akbar and Justice Tahira Safdar. It is to be mentioned that on March 30, 2018 the previous bench was dissolved after Justice Yahya Afridi recused himself from hearing the case over the objections of Musharraf’s lawyer.
The case pertains to the imposition of extra-constitutional emergency in the country on November 3, 2007. In March 2014 he was indicted in the case by the special court comprising judges of three different high courts.
The court also declared Musharraf as proclaimed offender and ordered confiscation of his properties which could not be attached due to the litigation in courts.
Musharraf was banned from leaving Pakistan in March 2013 after he returned to the country on an ill-fated mission to contest elections. The former ruler was barred from taking part in the polls and instead faced a barrage of legal cases.
Sindh High Court had lifted Musharraf’s travel ban but the federal government appealed the verdict. SC upheld the SHC decision and ordered the government to allow Musharraf to travel abroad. Afterwards Musharraf left for Dubai in March 2013 for what his lawyers said was urgent medical treatment.
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