Gen, Aziz detained me: ex-CJ

Chaudhry said he was “grilled” by Musharraf, Aziz and director generals of ISI, Military Intelligence (MI) and Intelligence Bureau (IB) and physically prevented from leaving the army house in Rawalpindi, which is the President’s temporary office.

The suspended CJ alleged Musharraf insisted he resign and that the general would “accommodate” him if he did so. According to Chaudhry, the president said he would have to face the reference if he refused to resign, “which could be a bigger embarrassment”.

“I said I wouldn’t resign and would face any reference since I am innocent; I have not violated any…rule or regulation; I believe I am myself the guardian of law. I strongly believe in God who will help me,” Chaudhry said he told Musharraf.

“This ignited the fury of Musharraf who stood up angrily and left the room with his military secretary, chief of staff and the prime minister, saying others would show evidence” to him,” the affidavit reads.

Chaudhry says he was “illegally and unlawfully restrained from performing his constitutional functions as a judge of this honourable court and Chief Justice of Pakistan” and sent on compulsory leave by Musharraf for refusing to resign.