Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency has restarted investigations into the high treason case against former military ruler Pervez Musharraf for subverting the Constitution on November 3, 2007.
Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency has restarted investigations into the high treason case against former military ruler Pervez Musharraf for subverting the Constitution on November 3, 2007.
Last week, a special court directed the FIA to reinvestigate the case and record again the statements of Mr Musharraf, former Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, former law minister Zahid Hamid and former Supreme Court Chief Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar regarding their alleged role in subverting the Constitution. The FIA was ordered to submit its report on December 17.
On November 10, the Islamabad high court set aside the special court’s 2014 order for inclusion of the names of Mr Musharraf’s alleged abettors — Mr Aziz, Mr Hamid and Mr Dogar — in the case and ordered the federal government to reinvestigate them.
The team, headed by FIA additional director-general Wajid Zia, has gathered copies of the statements of Mr Aziz, Mr Hamid and Mr Dogar from the high court and will record their statements.
Mr Dogar had moved the Islamabad high court and challenged the special court’s order through his counsel Syed Iftikhar Gilani.
