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Friday, August 15, 2025
Volume 16 . Issue 72
Islamabad: Pakistan’s Sindh high court on Tuesday declared former president Pervez Musharraf a proclaimed offender for failing to appear to its summons.
A division bench of the Sindh high court in Karachi, headed by chief justice Sarmad Jalal Usmani, issued the order against Musharraf, reports from Karachi said.
The order was passed in connection with a petition filed by Maulvi Iqbal Haider of the Awami Himayat Tehreek seeking action against Musharraf for "disfiguring" the constitution and committing "high treason".
Musharraf had failed to appear before the court and was declared a proclaimed offender on a request by Haidar.
“I requested the court in my second petition to assist me in publishing advertisement in British newspapers but this petition was not upheld. I then requested the bench to declare Musharraf a proclaimed offender since I could not afford the cost of getting advertisements published in British newspapers,” Haidar, himself a lawyer, said.
He also sought action against Musharraf’s aides, including advocate Sharifuddin Pirzada and former attorney general Malik Abdul Qayyum, for "disfiguring the Constitution and committing high treason".
Musharraf had left the country in April 2009, after being ousted from power about a year before, and has several cases are still pending against Musharraf across Pakistan.
He has been trying to make a comeback to Pakistani politics and the latest verdict is seen as a major setback to his political aspirations.
Islamabad: Pakistan’s Sindh high court on Tuesday declared former president Pervez Musharraf a proclaimed offender for failing to appear to its summons. A division bench of the Sindh high court in Karachi, headed by chief justice Sarmad Jalal Usmani, issued the order against Musharraf, reports...
Islamabad: Pakistan’s Sindh high court on Tuesday declared former president Pervez Musharraf a proclaimed offender for failing to appear to its summons.
A division bench of the Sindh high court in Karachi, headed by chief justice Sarmad Jalal Usmani, issued the order against Musharraf, reports from Karachi said.
The order was passed in connection with a petition filed by Maulvi Iqbal Haider of the Awami Himayat Tehreek seeking action against Musharraf for "disfiguring" the constitution and committing "high treason".
Musharraf had failed to appear before the court and was declared a proclaimed offender on a request by Haidar.
“I requested the court in my second petition to assist me in publishing advertisement in British newspapers but this petition was not upheld. I then requested the bench to declare Musharraf a proclaimed offender since I could not afford the cost of getting advertisements published in British newspapers,” Haidar, himself a lawyer, said.
He also sought action against Musharraf’s aides, including advocate Sharifuddin Pirzada and former attorney general Malik Abdul Qayyum, for "disfiguring the Constitution and committing high treason".
Musharraf had left the country in April 2009, after being ousted from power about a year before, and has several cases are still pending against Musharraf across Pakistan.
He has been trying to make a comeback to Pakistani politics and the latest verdict is seen as a major setback to his political aspirations.
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