Additional Sessions Judge Islamabad Mohammad Akmal Khan here Monday issued direction to concerned police station to register an FIR against former president Pervez Musharraf for allegedly keeping judges of superior judiciary under house arrest. The Judge issued direction on a pending plea of Chaudhry Mohammad Aslam Ghuman advocate.
The judge in his short order observed that the respondent was liable to be tried under various legal and criminal provisions. The court had already adjourned the case for twelve times in a span of five months and further adjournment over the issue was denied, he added. He also directed dispatching of copies of order to IG Police, SSP and Police Station Secretariat. The appellant had maintained that former head of state had illegally detained seven judges of superior judiciary including Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry after proclamation of emergency on November 3, 2007. He said besides, their whole family members and children also suffered from the criminal act. He requested the court to issue direction for initiation of criminal proceedings against Pervez Musharraf and those who implemented his illegal and unconstitutional act. |
