Pervez PervMusharraf
... former dictator of Pakistain, who was less dictatorial and corrupt than any Pak civilian government to date ...
on December 24 for his high treason trial.
A meeting of the special court was held on Friday in the Federal Shariat Court building. Justice Faisal Arab of the Sindh High Court, Justice Mohammad Yawar Ali Khan of the Lahore High Court and Justice Tahira Safdar of the Balochistan
...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
High Court attended the meeting. The special court's registrar, Abdul Ghani Soomro, told newsmen that the government's complaint had been admitted and the court had summoned the accused, Musharraf, on December 24. He also said that the venue for the trial of the former army chief has not been decided yet.
It is for the first time in the country's history that the federal government has moved a complaint against any person for the offence of high treason under Article 6 of the constitution. Musharraf's legal team is considering challenging the special court's summons in the Supreme Court. Sources said that the special court would also be challenged by Musharraf in the next week. There is a speculation that one member of the special court may recuse.