Musharraf alone cannot be prosecuted under high treason charges : Gilani

September 5th, 2009 LAHORE - Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif has said that prosecuting former President General Pervez Musharraf under high treason charges for taking 'extrajudicial' actions on November 3, 2007 would help resolve all crises facing the country currently. Interacting with party workers at his Raiwind residence, Sharif said trying Musharraf would ensure that the door to military interference in the country's politics would be closed for good.

September 4th, 2009 LAHORE - Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) chief Syed Munawar Hassan has said Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif has signed a secret deal with former President General Pervez Musharraf that awarded clemency to him from being tried under high treason charges. Interacting with media persons after an Iftar party here, Hassan said the PML-N was also a part of the government like the MQM, ANP and JUI.

September 3rd, 2009 RIYADH - Former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf has returned to London after his three day visit to Saudi Arabia, and it seems his tour has yielded the desired results. Musharraf, who had a long one to one talk with King Abdullah amid speculations of yet another Saudi-backed political arrangement in Pakistan, was in 'high spirits' after the meeting, sources said.

September 2nd, 2009 JEDDAH - Former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf, who himself in facing high treason charges, has said that country's enemies must be prosecuted as traitors. A private television channel quoted Musharraf, as saying that traitors must be 'treated as traitors.' Musharraf also said that during his regime Pakistan's economy flourished and attained unprecedented growth, The News reports.

August 31st, 2009 LAHORE - A day after the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif's spokesman Zaeem Qadri said that Army Chief General Ashfaq Kayani should also be prosecuted under high treason charges along with former President General Pervez Musharraf, the party has denied General Kayani's involvement in imposition of emergency rule on November 3, 2007. PML-N spokesman Siddiq-ul Farooq said Musharraf had imposed emergency rule with the help of a few police officials, and did not take General Kayani into confidence.

August 25th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) and the trial of former president General Pervez Musharraf under the Article Six of the Constitution are two separate issues and should not be interlinked. "These are two separate issues," Gilani said when asked whether the NRO was preventing the government from initiating a high treason case against Musharraf.

August 23rd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said chances of former President General Pervez Musharraf being tried under the Article Six of the Constitution still exist. Interacting with media persons here, Gilani said he is in constant touch with the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz chief Nawaz Sharif.

August 20th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has virtually ruled out the trial of former President General Pervez Musharraf for high treason, saying such step a could trigger political imbalance in the country. Responding to opposition leader Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan's demand in the National Assembly, Gilani questioned the 'feasibility' of a Musharraf trial.

August 19th, 2009 Pakistan PM effectively rules out treason chargesISLAMABAD — Pakistan's prime minister on Wednesday effectively ruled out bringing treason charges against the country's former military ruler, Pervez Musharraf. Pakistan's Supreme Court recently ruled that Musharraf's imposition of a state of emergency in 2007 was unconstitutional — a decision that raised the possibility he could be accused of treason.

August 16th, 2009 LAHORE - Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has rejected reports that the Army is trying to protect former President General Pervez Musharraf from high treason charges, adding that neither he, nor his party, has any love for the former general. Interacting with media persons on the sidelines of an inauguration function of a power plant in Sheikhupura, Gilani stressed that country's Armed forces were not a 'stumbling block' in Musharraf's trial.

August 14th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Political parties in Pakistan have no consensus among them over the trial of former president General Pervez Musharraf. While the Awami National Party (ANP) has supported charges against Musharraf, the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) has clarified that it would not support any legal action against the former general.

July 28th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has decided to launch a massive legal war against former President General Pervez Musharraf and pressurise the government to charge him for high treason. "Regardless of the court decision we will exploit every opportunity and use every platform for Musharraf's trial under The High Treason (Punishment) Act 1973," PML-N's spokesman Senator Pervez Rashid said.

May 7th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf, who is currently abroad, is unlikely to return home soon given the volatile security scenario in the country, his aide says. The aide, identified only as Shaharyar, told The News he had 'no clue' as to when Musharraf would return.

May 1st, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Babar Awan has said that former dictators, General Zia-ul- Haq and General Pervez Musharraf could be tried under the High Treason (Punishment) Act of 1973 for subverting the Constitution. Appearing in the Supreme Court to clarify whether a former president can be brought to court on a public complaint or not, Awan, who is also the country's acting law minister, said: "General Zia can be charged posthumously with sabotaging the 1973 Constitution in 1977 and General Musharraf twice in 1999 and 2007." Explaining the details of the Article 6 of the Constitution which deals with high treason for undermining the Constitution, Awan said: "The act that was notified in the gazette of Pakistan in 1973, had become a 'dead letter' since no civilian or military ruler had ever been tried under the law during the past 36 years in view of political exigencies." "Section 2-a of the act says that a person found guilty of having committed an act of abrogating or subverting the Constitution enforced in Pakistan at any time would be tried under the law to hand down death sentence or life imprisonment," The Dawn quoted Awan, as saying.

April 30th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf could be charged with treason for tampering with the constitution as adequate laws exist for this, a senior minister said Thursday. Special sessions courts existed in the country where treason cases could be heard, Geo TV quoted Parliamentary Affairs Minister Babar Awan as telling reporters in the Supreme Court premises.