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Pervez Musharraf 'Should Face Pakistan Treason Trial'
BBC NEWS, ASIA
June 24, 2013: Pakistan's new Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said that former military ruler Pervez Musharraf should face trial for high treason. Mr Musharraf returned to Pakistan from self-imposed exile earlier this year; he is currently under house arrest. "He will have to answer for his guilt before the court," Mr Sharif said.
Mr Musharraf is fighting a series of charges relating to his time in power, which began with him ousting Nawaz Sharif in a 1999 military coup.
"Musharraf violated the constitution twice. He overthrew an elected government in 1999 and put everything into jeopardy. He sacked judges and imprisoned them," Mr Sharif told parliament.
Pakistan's attorney general echoed Mr Sharif's words in the Supreme Court, saying that the government intends to bring a treason charge against the former dictator for his imposition of emergency rule in 2007, which was followed by senior judges being placed under house arrest.
The court had already been hearing petitions from lawyers demanding that the former military ruler be tried for treason for those actions, but only the state can bring a high treason charge in Pakistan.
Mr Musharraf has described all the cases brought against him as politically motivated.
