MUSHARRAF TO BE TRIED IN SPL COURT
ISLAMABAD: A special court set up to try former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf on charges of treason on Friday rejected his request to transfer the case to a military court. Musharraf had taken the plea that given he was a serving military officer at the time he is accused of committing treason, the case should be heard by a military court. Judge Faisal
Arab announced that the application “stood dismissed” as the court that was hearing case was specifically constituted for this purpose and thus it fulfilled the criteria to hear the case. HTC
possible ceasefire. “The government has started the war when they should have initiated the ceasefire,” said TTP spokesperson Shahidullah Shahid.
There is intense speculation that the military is in favour of a full-fledged operation against the Taliban but elements in the government and the opposition are not on the same page.