Lawyers not allowed to meet Musharraf despite SC order
Islamabad: Former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf’s lawyers were not allowed to meet him at his residence, which has been declared a sub-jail, despite an order issued by the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court’s Registrar called the prison officials and asked them to permit the lawyers to meet Musharraf but they were unable to see him.
Earlier, a three-judge bench of the apex court headed by Justice Jawwad Khwaja began hearing five petitions seeking Musharraf’s trial on a charge of treason for imposing emergency rule in 2007 and detaining over 60 members of the superior judiciary.
During the hearing, Musharraf’s lawyers said they were not allowed to meet their client and thus could not receive fresh instructions from him on the case.
In a separate development, a private individual has approached a court to challenge the Islamabad administration’s decision to declare Musharraf’s farmhouse a sub-jail so that he can be detained there.
He asked the court to move the former President to Adiala Jail.
Musharraf, is the first former army chief to be arrested and produced in court. He was detained after the Islamabad High Court revoked his bail in a case over the detention of judges during the 2007 emergency.
