Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf. Photo: File 

ISLAMABAD: The hearing of the treason case against former president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf resumed on Thursday after a gap of nine months.

Peshawar High Court Chief Justice Yahya Afridi is heading the bench which includes Lahore High Court Chief Justice Yawar Ali and Balochistan High Court Justice Tahira Safdar. 

The bench, formed in 2013, is hearing the case of imposition of extra-constitutional emergency by Musharraf in November 2007. 

As the hearing went under way, the Interior Ministry submitted in court a report on Musharraf?s properties, stating that four of seven properties are owned by the former president and army chief.

Moreover, senior lawyer Farogh Naseem excused himself from Musharraf's legal representation, after which Faisal Chaudhry appeared to represent the former president. 

10 years ago today, Gen (retd) Musharraf imposed emergency

On Nov 3, 2007, the-then army cheif and president General (rtd) Pervez Musharraf suspended the constitution

Prosecutor Akram Sheikh, presenting arguments, pressed the court to order Musharraf?s arrest and production in court. The court then summoned officials of the Foreign Ministry in 30 minutes. 

Treason case 

The former army chief was indicted in the case in March 2014 after he appeared before the court and rejected all charges.

On March 18, 2016, the former president left Pakistan for Dubai for medical treatment after his name was removed from the Exit Control List (ECL) on the orders of the Supreme Court.

A few months later, the special court had declared him a proclaimed offender and ordered the confiscation of his property owing to his no-show.