ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Tuesday summoned 18 prosecution witnesses in the judges detention case against former military ruler Pervez Musharraf.
The witnesses include 13 senior lawyers and three police officials who will record their statements before ATC Judge Kausar Abbas Zaidi at Pervez Musharraf’s farmhouse in Chak Shahzad on June 21.
The proceedings are being held at Musharraf s farmhouse, declared a sub-jail by authorities, due to security reasons.
The case over the detention of the judges is based on an FIR filed against Musharraf in August 2009. The FIR itself is based on a complaint by a lawyer named Chaudhry Muhammad Aslam Ghumman.
Ghumman had asked police to initiate proceedings against Musharraf for detaining over 60 judges, including Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry, after imposing emergency on November 3, 2007. The case is one of three against Musharraf in courts within Pakistan.