(105.) Ian Burrell, Volunteers for Taliban Face Trial for
Treason, INDEPENDENT (London), Oct.
Court appointed Raza Bashir as counsel for Pervaiz Musharraf in High
Treason case and ordered to issue notification of his appointment within three days.
Noting ongoing investigations into charges of
treason during the 2016 US presidential election, historians look back to medieval and early modern times to discuss the politics of
treason.
Oxford dictionary defines
treason as, 'the crime of betraying one's country, especially by attempting to kill or overthrow the sovereign or government'.
Is it true that by suspending the Constitution, you subverted the Constitution and were guilty of high
treason?
ISLAMABAD -- A trial court has accepted former president Gen Pervez Musharraf's request to postpone the hearing of a
treason case on medical grouds.
ISLAMABAD -- The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Monday instructed to conclude the ongoing trial of the high
treason case in the absence of the former President Pervaiz Musharraf, Express News reported.
ISLAMABAD -- The Supreme Court on Monday directed a special court to decide modus operandi for recording statement of former military ruler General (Retd) Pervez Musharraf in the high
treason case.
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) has fixed for March 7, a contempt petition for not initiating high
treason proceedings against former military dictator General (r) Pervez Musharraf for abrogating the constitution by imposing emergency and PCO on November 3, 2007.A three-judge bench, headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Asif Saeed Khosa, has fixed a six-year-old contempt petition filed by lawyer Sheikh Ahsanuddin for initiation of contempt of court proceedings against the then PML-N government for not registering a high
treason case under Article 6 of the Constitution against Musharraf.The
treason case was started in November 2013 months after the PML-N's government came into power.
ISLAMABAD -- Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry has said 'cases have been registered against prominent leaders of Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan (TLP) including Maulana Khadim Hussain Rizvi, Pir Afzal Qadri, Hafiz Farooqul Hassan and others under
treason and terror-related charges.'
A candidate from Mandera who is accused of
treason will remain in police custody until Monday.
The petitioner had sought proceedings of
treason against the two leaders for 'issuing anti-state remarks', media reported.