Pakistani court issues warrant for Musharraf
Islamabad: Pervez Musharraf's legal woes mounted today as a Pakistani special court conducting his treason trial issued a bailable arrest warrant for the former dictator and ordered his production on February 7. The three-judge court
The report further said Musharraf's health is such that a heart attack could be “life threatening”. The government's prosecutor, Akram Sheikh, objected to the findings of the medical report and argued Musharraf was trying to avoid coming to court.
Musharraf is facing treason charges for suspending and abrogating the Constitution and imposing an emergency in November 2007.
This is the first time in Pakistan's history that a former military ruler has been put on trial for treason.
If convicted, he could get life imprisonment or the death penalty.
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