Treason case: Musharraf’s counsel requests for formation of larger bench

ISLAMABAD: The counsel for former military ruler Pervez Musharraf has once again asked for the constitution of a larger bench of the Supreme Court to hear petitions seeking treason charges against him.

A three-member bench of the apex court, headed by Justice Jawwad S. Khawaja, has been hearing a set of petitions seeking the initiation of a treason case against the former army strongman.

SC directs ECP to make all efforts for right of Vote to Overseas Pakistanis

PESHAWAR: At least eight people were killed including the son of two-time former Afghan minister whereas 43 others were injured in a blast which took place at Peshawar's university road on Monday morning.

The son of a former two-time minister of Afghanistan and veteran Jihad leader Qazi Muhammad Amin Waqaud, Qazi Hilal Ameen was also killed in the Peshawar blast along with another Afghan national Idrees.

Musharraf does not trust bench hearing treason case: counsel

ISLAMABAD: Musharraf’s counsel Ahmed Raza Kasuri on Tuesday told the apex court that his client, General (retd) Pervez Musharraf, had no faith in the Supreme Court bench hearing the treason case against the former military strongman.

During Tuesday’s hearing of the case at the apex court, another counsel for Musharraf, Ibrahim Satti, said adding his client’s name to the exit control list was in violation of the Constitution.

Satti added that there was no hint of a case for high treason against his client and therefore the addition of Musharraf’s name on ECL was a violation of his fundamental rights.

Petition filed against Musharraf in SC

ISLAMABAD: A petition was filed in the Supreme Court on Monday requesting it to order the adding of former president Pervez Musharaf’s name to the Exit Control List (ECL), DawnNews reported.

The petition was filed by Maulana Abdul Aziz, the chief cleric of Lal Masjid. The petitioner in his application stated that the Lal Masjid operation was conducted on the orders of the former president, adding that the court should order the inclusion of his name to the ECL.

Separate voters list for Ahmadis: Court summons AG over discrimination complaint

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court made known on Monday its intention to take a decision, in the light of constitutional provisions and principles laid down in the 1993 Zaheeruddin case verdict, on a complaint that the election procedures discriminate against the Ahmadi community.

SC rejects Punjab government's report on Joseph Colony

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan has rejected the Punjab government’s report on Joseph Colony incident in Lahore's Badami Bagh area.

A three-member bench hearing the suo moto case rejected the report because it did not mention the reasons behind the incident or what action had been taken against the perpetrators.