<span style="color: #222222;">In Pakistan, a special court allowed former President Pervez Musharraf until December 5 to record his statement in the high treason case against him.<br />'' <br />'' The court also made it clear that it will only accept the Supreme Court's directives and was not bound by the Islamabad High Court's order.<br />'' <br />'' Yesterday, the Islamabad High Court, stopped the special court from issuing the verdict, with instructions to hear out all the parties to ensure a fair trial.<br />'' <br />''<br />''The high treason trial of the former military dictator for clamping the state of emergency, filed during the previous Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz government, has been pending since 2013.</span>