Earlier former Conservative home office minister Ann Widdecombe had urged the treason charge to be used.
Tendai Biti, the MDC's secretary-general, has been jailed, charged with treason and denied bail.
Mr. Musharraf also faces separate charges of murder and treason allegations that he has denied.
If convicted of treason, Musharraf could face the death penalty or life in prison.
The petitions in Islamabad High Court accusing Musharraf of treason were all filed by individuals.
The key word the clues me into the truth is that his "treason" is only "embarrassing".
For Moriyama's citizens, the Education Ministry's rejection of sumo was tantamount to cultural treason.
That sounds pretty close to aiding and abetting the enemy, a good working definition of treason.
In 1540, Thomas Cromwell, principal adviser to King Henry VIII of England, was executed for treason.
On that day, Aug. 26, Chun received the death penalty for military mutiny, treason and graft.
This time he is up for treason, a crime that can carry the death penalty.
Mr Tsvangirai, for example, is currently on trial for alleged treason, with two colleagues.
Or you see it, but you don't care, which is the worst kind of treason.
Now Mr Estrada is threatening to have Mr Gordon charged with sedition and treason.
Mr Kirchner brooked no challenges to his authority as president, treating dissent as indistinguishable from treason.
This includes everything from administrative laws concerning building to criminal statutes related to treason.
After his conviction on treason charges, Dr Afridi was moved to a jail in Peshawar.
To his admirers, that is treason, and the Socialists should be expelled from government.
Gen Bachelet died on 12 March 1974 while serving a sentence for treason in the capital, Santiago.
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Wikileaks has pointed this out and that is why you have politicians actually uttering the word treason.
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This sole act was considered treason, and he was summarily sent to a forced labor camp indefinitely.
Pakistan's top court has ordered former military ruler Pervez Musharraf to respond to allegations he committed treason.
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The police have accused him of treason, a capital offence, though he has yet to be charged.
Once again, a basic check of the facts would have revealed that Pollard did not commit treason.
The 12 people charged with treason have not yet been asked to file a plea in court.
One group, the Popular Resistance Committees, has already accused Fayyad of treason and threatened to kill him.
They were also outraged by the behaviour of bankers, whom one union leader accused of economic treason.
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Last October, opposition leader Victoire Ingabire was convicted of treason and sentenced to eight years in jail.
About 20 right-wingers have been charged this year with plotting to overthrow the government, treason and terrorism.
In the Republican primary, Texas Governor Rick Perry went as far as to accuse Bernanke of treason.
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