An anti-terrorism court (ATC) has approved the plea for former president Pervez Musharraf’s exemption from appearance in the judges detention case today (Friday).
Special court’s judge Kausar Abbas Zaidi heard the judges detention case.
During case proceedings, the court was informed that Musharraf’s counsel Ilyas Siddiqui is busy in Supreme Court of Pakistan, thus, one day exemption from appearance should be granted to his client.
Meanwhile, the court approved the plea and directed that the accused must appear in the next hearing.
The case hearing has been adjourned till December 19.
The case over the detention of the judges is based on an FIR filed against the former military ruler in August 2009. The FIR itself is based on a complaint by a lawyer named Chaudhry Muhammad Aslam Ghumman.
Ghumman had asked police to initiate proceedings against Musharraf for detaining over 60 judges, including Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry, after imposing emergency on November 3, 2007. The case is one of three against Musharraf in courts within Pakistan.