HOW TO IMPEACH MUSHARRAF

As the move to impeach President Parvez Musharraf intensifies, we will tell you what is the procedure for impeaching the president in Pakistan

Article 47 of the Pakistan's constitution provides the power to impeach President on the ground of physical or mental incapacity, on a charge of violating the Constitution or gross misconduct

The impeachment proposers must have at least 50% majority in the National Assembly that is 171 of the total 442 members have to propose the impeachment .

Having got the majority, The Speaker shall then transmit a notice to the President within three days.

And the speaker shall then summon the two Houses to meet in a joint sitting not earlier than seven days and not later than fourteen days after the receipt of the notice by him.

The joint sitting may investigate the ground or the charge upon which the notice is founded. The President shall have the right to appear and be represented during the investigation before the joint sitting.

And if after consideration of the result of the investigation a resolution is passed at the joint sitting by the votes of not less than two-thirds of the total membership that is 295 of total 442 members of parliament, declaring that the President is unfit to hold the office due to incapacity or is guilty of violating the Constitution or of gross misconduct, the President shall cease to hold office immediately on the passing of the resolution