Summary Akram Sheikh says no summary of the then PM is on record regarding declaration of emergency.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - Three-member bench of the Special Court headed by Justice Faisal Arab resumed hearing of Musharraf treason case on Thursday.
Prosecutor Akram Sheikh presented his arguments on the petition about disclosure of the names of collaborators of the emergency declared by former President General (retd) Pervez Mushahrraf.
Akram Sheikh said that there was no record of any summary forwarded by the then prime minister advising declaration of emergency in the country.
He said former PM Shaukat Aziz only wrote a letter to the president and that could not be mentioned as a summary in this regard.
Akram Sheikh said there was no agenda of emergency in any meeting of the federal cabinet before November 3 while the cabinet approved declaration of emergency in its meeting of November 6.
He further said even declaration of emergency was not on the agenda of the November 6 meeting but it was later included as additional part of the agenda.
The bench reserved the decision after completion of arguments on the petition of the former president. The court remarked the decision in this regard would be announced on June 13.
On Wednesday, former president’s counsel Farogh Nasim in his arguments said that Pervez Musharraf declared the emergency as president and lifted it also as the President of Pakistan.
He said the former president declared the emergency following the constitutional way on the advice of the then prime minister and the federal cabinet but the present government has hidden the documents of the advice.
Farogh Naseem told the court that the National Assembly validated the act of emergency through a resolution. He said that all elected members of the Assembly could be included as accused in this regard.
Barrister Farogh Naseem said that the order of declaration of emergency was forwarded to all concerned authorities including provincial governors, and chief ministers.
Musharraf s counsel said all were on board and none of them tendered their resignation. He said that no one should be spared if any unconstitutional step in future is to be stopped.
The court adjourned the hearing until June 13.
