As Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf defied summons and failed to show up before the country's highest court for the second day on Thursday, Chief Justice Iftikhar M Chaudhary has observed that the ex-President can be tried for "high treason" by Parliament.
A British lawmaker of Pakistani origin has talked of the possibility of former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf being put on trial in the United Kingdom as he failed to respond to summons from the top court in Islamabad over his controversial decisions to impose emergency and fire judges two years ago.
Former military ruler Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday failed to respond to summons from the country's apex court to explain his decision to impose emergency and sack several top judges in 2007. Musharraf, who is now in London as part of his extensive lecture tour, snubbed the summons to appear before a 14-member bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar M Chaudhary, who had himself been a victim of the military dictator.
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