Granting one-day exemption to former President General Pervez Musharraf (Retd) from court appearance in judges' detention case, the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) Islamabad on Friday summoned Musharraf again on December 19. ATC judge Kausar Abbas Zaidi resumed hearing of the case against the former president pertaining to detention of Apex Court judges during 2007 emergency imposed by Musharraf.
During the proceedings, the court was informed that Musharraf's counsel Ilyas Siddiqui is busy in Supreme Court of Pakistan, thus, one day exemption from court appearance may be granted to Musharraf. The court granted one-day exemption to Musharraf from appearance in the judges' detention case and summoned him on December 19.
The judges' detention case is based on an FIR against the retired general registered in August 2009 on the complaint of Chaudhry Mohammad Aslam Ghumman advocate. He had asked the police to initiate legal proceedings against Musharraf for detaining over 60 judges, including the then chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, after proclamation of a state of emergency in the country on November 3, 2007.