Islamabad: Pakistan Sunday announced to have formally started high treason proceedings against the former president Pervez Musharraf and will approach the country's top court to form a judicial commission.
Musharraf, 69, in a bloodless coup, had sacked the elected government of the prime minister Nawaz Sharif in 1999 and also suspended the constitution when he declared emergency in 2007, Xinhua reported.
Interior Minister, Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said Sunday Musharraf would be tried for high treason for subverting the constitution twice.
"The government will approach the Supreme Court of Pakistan on Monday and will request the Chief Justice to constitute a three- member judicial commission for the high treason trial," Khan told a news conference here.
