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Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday said Pervez Musharraf's fate will be decided by a special court as both the state and the Constitution were party to the former Pakistani dictator's trial on charges of high treason.
"Since the matter is sub-judice, any comment from my side may not be appropriate. However, other than the case's merit, I do say that the real petitioners in this case are the state and the Constitution of Pakistan," Sharif told a news channel.
The government has formed a special court to try 70-year-old Musharraf for treason for imposing emergency in 2007. He skipped the first two hearings convened by the court, citing security concerns after explosives were found near his home. While being driven to the third hearing on Thursday, Musharraf had a heart attack and was admitted to a military hospital in Rawalpindi. The sudden health scare has given rise to speculation that he might be allowed to leave Pakistan to seek treatment abroad.
However, Sharif said the special court has to decide whether Musharraf's action of imposing emergency on November 3, 2007 amounted to treason. It will also have to decide whether his action of putting then Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry under house arrest on November 7, 2007 caused humiliation to the state of Pakistan, Sharif added.
