Pakistan court rules treason trial against Musharraf will continue
[JURIST] On Monday, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) [official website]
rejected claims by former president Pervez Musharraf [BBC profile;
JURIST news archive] and ruled the trial against Musharraf for treason
will continue Tuesday, as previously scheduled. Musharraf was
challenging [TheNews report] the legitimacy of the proceedings. The
first challenge was directed at the court's jurisdiction. Musharraf
claimed that since he took the actions in question as Army Chief, a
military tribunal has proper jurisdiction. The second and third
pleadings were...
[more].
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