Thursday, January 30, 2014

Pakistan top court dismisses Musharraf petition to review prior ruling

[JURIST] The Pakistan Supreme Court [official website] dismissed [text, PDF] former military leader Pervez Musharraf's [BBC profile] petition on Thursday to review its 2009 verdict [JURIST report] declaring the 2007 imposed emergency as unconstitutional. The 14 justices, led by Chief Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani [JURIST report], dismissed the petition stating that it was barred by length of time since the original ruling. The court also found that Musharraf's grounds for appeal do not fall within the purview or review jurisdiction....

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2014/01/pakistan-supreme-court-dismisses-musharraf-petition-to-review-prior-ruling.php

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