Trial documents provided by interior ministry incomplete: Musharraf's lawyer

ISLAMABAD: A day before a special court begins recording testimony in the Pervez Musharraf treason trial, the retired general has filed two applications on Wednesday stating that the documents provided to him by the interior ministry upon request are incomplete, Express News reported. After the special court accepted Musharraf’s plea for access to the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA)’s probe report and other relevant papers, the interior ministry handed over the documents to the former president’s legal team on May 14. Today, Musharraf’s lawyer Farogh Nasim said the documents provided to them were insufficient as the list of witnesses in the case were incomplete and notifications issued from the presidency were also missing. Nasim had stressed that these documents were necessary for him to build a strong argument for his client and that the prosecution was deliberating withholding the papers. A top interior ministry official had earlier told The Express Tribune that a number of close aides and members of the federal cabinet during Musharraf’s rule did not prefer to record statements regarding their alleged role in the proclamation of 2007 emergency rule by the former military ruler. Among these prominent aides are former prime minister Shaukat Aziz, four provincial chief ministers, services chiefs and corps commanders. Musharraf was formally charged on March 31 for subverting and circumventing the Constitution by imposing emergency on November 3, 2007. Musharraf had rejected the charges levelled against him.