The troubles of Retired General Pervez Musharraf has grown
worse as the Peshawar High Court of Pakistan has issued a lifetime ban on the
former president from contesting in any election in the country on Tuesday.
In reading out the order, Court Chief Dost Mohammad Khan said,
“the former dictator [Musharraf] had ordered senior judges and their families
be put under house arrest and twice abrogated the country’s constitution.”
The lifetime ban was imposed after Musharraf’s lawyer
appealed to allow him to run in the upcoming election. Another lawyer of
Musharraf’s, Saad Shibli, told reporters that he would go to the Supreme Court
to challenge the ruling against his client, claiming that his client does not deserve
to be punished alone since there were others involved while Musharraf was in power.
Shibli said, “About 500 officials at different levels and
institutions were part of Musharraf’s actions, and if those actions come under
scrutiny, all those people should be involved in the matter.”
The Anti-Terrorism Court in Rawalpindi added to his
confinement on Tuesday, by putting him on house arrest until May 14 while
prosecutors prepare to try him for conspiracy to murder former Prime Minister
Benazir Bhutto. That implies Musharraf
will remain indoors on Election Day.
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