ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s main investigative agency has ‘‘irrefutable proof’’ that former military ruler Pervez Musharraf illegally declared a state of emergency in 2007, according to a report it released Wednesday, as the one-time leader now faces a high treason trial over the declaration.
The 237-page Federal Investigation Agency report quotes a former governor of the eastern Punjab province, Khalid Maqbool, and a former attorney general, Malik Muhammad Qayyum, as saying they had not been consulted before Musharraf declared the emergency on Nov. 3, 2007. Under Pakistani law, Musharraf was to have consulted Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz before making the declaration.
Masoom Alam Rizvi, a former Cabinet secretary, also said Aziz never gave advice to Musharraf about declaring a state of emergency. The Cabinet secretary issues all government notifications.