Pakistan, Feb. 3 -- The Second Emergency continued to haunt President-General Pervez Musharraf for the rest of his life. On assuming office of the Prime Minister in 2013, Nawaz Sharif, the victim of Musharraf's first strike, decided to "return the compliment".

A three-member Special Court, headed by Justice Waqar Ahmed Seth, Chief Justice of the Peshawar High Court, known for his bold judgements, was constituted to prosecute Musharraf on charges of suspension of the Constitution, dismissal of judges, and imposition of Provisional Constitutional Order.

Musharraf left Pakistan for Dubai on 18 March 2016, for "medical treatment of a rare disease, called amyloidosis", and, of course, to "avoid legal proceedings". He didn't return to Pakista...