ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Monday ordered former military dictator Pervez Musharraf to appear before a special court on May 2, otherwise he would lose the right of defence in the treason case.
A three-member Apex Court bench headed by Chief Justice Asif Saeed Khosa was hearing a petition filed by lawyer Taufeeq Asif about no progress in the treason case due to absence of Musharraf.
The previous Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Government had filed the treason case against the ex-Army chief in 2013 over the imposition of extra-constitutional emergency in November 2007, which led to the confinement of a number of superior court judges in their houses and sacking of over 100 judges.
The trial has not seen much progress since Musharraf, 75, left for Dubai in March 2016 after his name was removed from the Exit Control List.
He has not returned since, and is said to be suffering from Amyloidosis, a rare condition for which he has been admitted to a hospital.
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