The Supreme Court of Pakistan has directed the government to complete further investigation against former president Pervez Musharraf under Article 6 of the Constitution.
The move by the SC comes after it disposed off all the identical petitions seeking initiation of treason case against former military ruler.
A three-member bench of the apex court headed by Justice Jawwad S Khawaja concluded hearing of the petitions seeking trial against Musharraf in treason case.
The court directed Attorney General Munir A Malik to proceed in the case as per the statement submitted by the government in the Supreme Court, the Daily Times reports.
Justice Khawaja said that all eyes were on the government and hoped that there would be no delay in the investigation of the case.
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