Islamabad, May 3 (ANI): The counsel of Pervez Musharraf has requested the Supreme Court to form a larger bench in the hearing of petitions seeking high treason proceedings against the former military chief and president. A three-member bench of the apex court led by Justice Jawad S Khwaja heard the petitions seeking to initiate treason trial against Musharraf, reports The News. Counsel Malik Qamar Afzal, in his argument said that it is an important historical case of the country and thus all the legal demands should be fulfilled impartially in it. He asked that a larger bench should be set up to hear this case because it is related to article 6 of the constitution. Musharraf is also facing other legal cases, including the 2007 assassination of former premier Benazir Bhutto and the killing of Baloch leader Nawab Akbar Bugti in 2006. Musharraf returned to Pakistan last month after over four years of self-imposed exile in Britain and the United Arab Emirates to take part in the May 11 parliamentary elections for his All Pakistan Muslim League party. But he was disqualified by the Election Commission of Pakistan for contesting the coming elections. (ANI)
