A division bench of the Lahore High Court on Wednesday dismissed a petition of a citizen seeking directions for criminal proceedings against General Pervez Musharraf (r) for allegedly ridiculing the judiciary. The petitioner through his counsel Asadullah Khan had challenged the decision of the single bench rejecting prayer to initiate contempt proceedings against Musharraf.
He said Musharraf in a television interview repeatedly claimed that then army chief Raheel Sharif managed things for him against court's proceedings under treason charges and secured a safe exit from the country. The lawyer said Musharraf candidly claimed that he was saved by influencing the courts. He said the former president in his interview also hoped that judiciary might start doing justice as behind the scene it (courts) work under pressure. Advocate Khan asked the court to direct the federal law ministry to initiate an inquiry against Musharraf for scandalizing and ridiculing the institution of judiciary.
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