(Image source from: Pervez To Undergo Investigation})

After what seemed like a never-ending wait, Pakistan's apex court finally gave a go-ahead to the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to initiate an immediate probe against ex-president Pervez Musharraf for imposing emergency rule in 2007 and suspending the constitution.

Accused of 'high treason', the 69-year-old retired general has been charged of abrogating the constitution and confining dozens of  top judges to their homes for refusing to take oath  under his Provisional Constitutional Order. 

A panel of three judges led by Supreme Court Justice Jawad S Khawaja ordered the FIA investigators to conduct immediate probe and bring Musharraf to justice.

Musharraf currently remains under house arrest in his farmhouse in Islamabad.

AW: Suchorita Dutta