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Musharraf treason case: SC receives names of five judges for special court
ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court has received names of five judges from higher judiciary to initiate the treason case against former president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf, Geo News reported.
All the five high courts have nominated one judge each and forwarded it to the SC registrar with service profile.
Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry had asked the high courts to forward the names of judges after the government requested the Supreme Court to nominate three judges of the higher judiciary for the special court to initiate the trial of high treason against former president under Article 6 for subverting the Constitution while imposing the emergency and Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO) on November 3, 2007.
The chief justice had directed that nomination may reach the Supreme Court today (Tuesday).
Judge Names
Balochistan High Court: Justice Syeda Tahira Safdar
Islamabad High Court: Justice Noorul Haq Qureeshi
Lahore High Court: Justice Muhammad yawar Ali
Peshawar High Court: Justice Yahya Afridi
Sindh High Court: Justice Faisal Arab.
The registrar SC has forwarded the names to secretary law.
Courtesy www.geo.tv
