SC registrar returns petition in treason case

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court registrar returned on Friday a petition, saying the petitioner was not an aggrieved party in the proceedings of the Special Court set up for treason trial of former president retired Gen Pervez Musharraf. Shah Jan Khan, the petitioner, had requested the apex court to summon judges of the Special Court, Musharraf’s lawyers and the media to clear their position about Thursday’s proceedings on the treason case. It may be mentioned that an unexpected and unusual rising of the three-judge Special Court on Thursday sparked rumours that the court had been dissolved and its Chief Judge, Justice Faisal Arab, had refused to proceed with the case. But the court later clarified in its order that it had risen only for the day and said it would take up the case on March 31 as scheduled to frame charges against Mr Musharraf for imposing the 2007 emergency. “The petitioner (Shah Jan) is not an aggrieved party and, therefore, cannot file the petition in the matter,” the SC registrar said while rejecting the petition.