ISLAMABAD – A defense lawyer says Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf will make his first appearance before a court on Feb. 18 to face a high treason case.
Anwar Mansoor Khan gave this assurance to the court Friday in Islamabad.
Musharraf seized power in a 1999 coup and was forced to step down in 2008.
He faces the charges for his 2007 decision to impose a state of emergency and detain judges.
He has skipped several earlier court hearings, forcing judges to issue an arrest warrant for him. But the warrant was "bailable" — meaning he could avoid jail by applying for bail.
Musharraf is currently in hospital, and Khan says he wanted to go abroad for treatment of a heart disease.
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