SC has not buried doctrine of necessity: Musharraf's counsel

ISLAMABAD: Former military president Pervez Musharraf's counsel on Thursday told the Supreme Court that the doctrine of necessity was still alive and had not been buried by the superior courts.Advocate Raja Muhammad Ibrahim Satti maintained before a three-member bench, headed by Justice Jawwad S Khawaja, that he had inferred from the July 31, 2009 judgement of the 14-judge bench of the Supreme Court against the 2007 emergency that the apex court did not touch upon the doctrine upheld by the cour... more

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