ISLAMABAD: Senator Raza Rabbani and Senator Zahid Khan have received threatening letters, suggestive of serious consequences for demanding a treason trial against former army chief General (retd) Pervez Musharraf, Express News reported on Thursday.

Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Aitzaz Ahsan made this revelation today and speculated that the letters were written by a Musharraf supporter.
He said copies of these letters will be provided to relevant authorities and that he will ask for thorough investigation into the matter.

In April this year, Rabbani and Khan – along with other senators – had called for Musharraf to be tried under Article 6 of the Constitution for abrogating the Constitution and derailing democracy.

The current Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government had recently requested the Supreme Court to constitute a “special court” to try Musharraf for high treason for imposing emergency rule in the country in November 2007.

Article 6 of the 1973 Constitution
(1) Any person who abrogates or subverts or suspends or holds in abeyance, or attempts or conspires to abrogate or subvert or suspend or hold in abeyance, the Constitution by use of force or show of force or by any other unconstitutional means shall be guilty of high treason.

(2) Any person aiding or abetting [or collaborating] the acts mentioned in clause (1) shall likewise be guilty of high treason.

(2A) An act of high treason mentioned in clause (1) or clause (2) shall not be validated by any court including the Supreme Court and a High Court.
(3) [Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament)] shall by law provide for the punishment of persons found guilty of high treason.


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