ISLAMABAD: Justice Faisal Arab, who head a three-member bench of the special court formed to try former military ruler Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf for high treason, on Thursday excused from hearing the case any further.
In November last year, the federal government constituted a three-judge special court to take up treason charges against Musharraf for suspending the constitution while proclaiming the state of emergency on November 3, 2007.
The three-member bench of the special court is headed by the Sindh High Court judge Justice Faisal Arab, while Justice Tahira Safdar of the Balochistan High Court and Justice Yawar Ali of the Lahore High Court are the other two judges on the bench.
During today’s proceedings of the case, Musharraf’s counsel Anwar Mansoor said that the court had accepted that his client was facing security risks. The court also granted exemption to his client from appearance, he added.
Musharraf’s counsel continuing his arguments further said that the court issued non-bailable warrants for Musharraf, adding that act of issuing warrant is not a joke. He said that that he is not satisfied with the way the case is being processed.
Justice Faisal Arab remarked that if the defense counsels think that the judges are not impartial then he is disassociating himself from the bench hearing treason case against Musharraf.
