Summary Pervez Musharraf is currently under treatment at Armed Forces Institution of Cardiology.
ISLAMABAD (Web Desk) - Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Monday granted one-day exemption to former president Pervez Musharraf from appearance in the judges detention case, Dunya News reported.
ATC Judge Atiq-ur-Rehman resumed the hearing of the case, during which defence counsel representing the former military ruler filed a petition seeking exemption of his client from appearing before the court.
The court approved the petition and adjourned the hearing of the case till February 24.
The case over the detention of the judges is based on an FIR filed against Musharraf in August 2009. The FIR itself is based on a complaint by a lawyer named Chaudhry Muhammad Aslam Ghumman.
Musharraf is being tried for detaining over 60 judges, including Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry, after imposing emergency on November 3, 2007.
