CJP says No arrest for Musharraf if he visits Pakistan to file nomination papers for 2018 elections and appears before the court
Chief justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar informed Musharraf’s lawyer that he will not be arrested if he arrives in Pakistan, but he has to visit the court to submit the nomination papers. Chief justice of Pakistan said, “Tell Musharraf to come to Pakistan, adding that the former military dictator will not be arrested upon his arrival.” If we look at the past then, Musharraf submitted his nomination papers for the general elections in 2013 for NA 250 Karachi seat. Those papers were not accepted by the returning officer at that time because he got disqualified and publicly insulted Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhary. The lawyer of Musharraf said to the court that there is a final deadline to submit […]