SC hears treason petitions against Musharraf

ISLAMABAD: A three judge-bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan is hearing identical petitions seeking registration of treason case against former military ruler Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf, Geo News reported.

Qamar Afzal, counsel for Musharraf, told the bench that the apex court could not order the federation to register treason case. He said that as per law federal government could lodge a complaint but the court could not order registration of the case,

Justice Ijaz Afzal Khan said that the court could issue directives if a government employee didn’t discharge his duties and it didn’t affect merit of the case.