Embattled former Pakistani military ruler Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday failed to turn up for his indictment in a special court conducting his treason trial citing security reasons and was summoned on Friday.
High drama was witnessed at the hearing as the court was due to indict Musharraf over his 2007 imposition of emergency rule.
One of Musharraf’s lawyers Rana Ijaz was ordered out of the courtroom by Justice Faisal Arab, heading the three-man bench, after he called the judges ‘contract killers’.
At the start of the hearing, Ahmed Raza Kasuri, another lawyer of Musharraf, presented a leaked secret letter written by an official of the interior ministry warning against a possible terror attack on the 70-year-old former army chief.
High drama was witnessed at the hearing as the court was due to indict Musharraf over his 2007 imposition of emergency rule.
One of Musharraf’s lawyers Rana Ijaz was ordered out of the courtroom by Justice Faisal Arab, heading the three-man bench, after he called the judges ‘contract killers’.
At the start of the hearing, Ahmed Raza Kasuri, another lawyer of Musharraf, presented a leaked secret letter written by an official of the interior ministry warning against a possible terror attack on the 70-year-old former army chief.