QUETTA: While accepting a federal government request on Monday the Balochistan High Court granted more time to file a reply during the hearing of a high treason petition against PTI Chairman Imran Khan.
Appearing before a divisional bench of Chief Justice Naeem Akhtar Afghan and Justice Mohammad Amir Rana, additional Attorney General for Pakistan requested for some time saying he will submit a reply in a matter for initiating Article 6 proceedings against PTI Chairman Imran Khan.
Representing Imran Khan before the bench Advocate Amanullah Kanrani appeared in court.
Additional Attorney General Hafiz Rauf Atta and Deputy Attorney General Mohammad Naseem Kasi, representing the federal government, requested the court for some time to file a reply.
Advocate Kanrani said the government will create a special tribunal like the one against the late former president Gen Pervez Musharraf. The court will leave it to the government to proceed as it did in 2013.
The Balochistan High Court adjourned the hearing on the high treason petition till June 7.T
