ISLAMABAD Another constitutional petition was filed against former president Gen (Retd) Pervez Musharraf, ex-prime minister Shaukat Aziz and top 21 functionaries of Musharraf government for violating the Supreme Courts November 3, 2007 verdict that was passed by a seven-member bench. Rana Muhammad Azeem of Lahore filed the petition through Advocate Aftab Ahmed Bajwa under Article 184(3) read with Article 204 of the Constitution making top 21 military and civilian functionaries of Musharraf-led government, who held top public offices when the emergency was clamped on November 3, 2007, as respondents. The respondents include the Federal Government through Cabinet Division, former prime minister Shaukat Aziz, former governor Punjab Lt Gen (Retd) Khalid Maqbool, Governor Sindh Dr Ishratul Ibad, Governor KP Awais Ahmed Ghani, Governor Balochistan Nawab Zulfiqar Ahmed Magsi, former chairman JCSC, Lt Gen (Retd) Tariq Majeed, then vice chief of army staff, Lt Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and chief of general staff, Lt Gen Salahuddin Satti, Lt Gen Nadeem Taj, DG ISI, Lt Gen Waseem Ahmed Ashraf, Corps Commander XXX Gujranwala, Lt Gen Muhammad Masud Aslam, Corps Commander XI Peshawar, Lt Gen Shafatullah Shah, Corps Commander IV Corps Lahore, Lt Gen Sikandar Afzal, Corps Commander II Corps Multan, Lt Gen Sajjad Akram, Corps Commander, I Corps Mangla, Lt Gen Khalid Shamim Wyne, Corps Commander XII Corps Quetta, Lt Gen Mohsin Kamal, Corps Commander X Corps Rawalpindi, Lt Gen Javaid Zia, Corps Commander V Corps Karachi, Lt Gen Raza Muhammad Khan, Corps Commander XXXI Corps Bahawalpur and Gen (Retd) Pervez Musharraf, then chief of army staff. The petitioner prayed the court to summon the respondents, prosecute and punish them for committing contempt of court by violating the apex courts November 3, 2007 restrain order. He further prayed the court to equally treat all the contemnors of restrain order to safeguard the principles of equality before the law. He said it had been held by a 14-member larger bench of the Supreme Court that the respondents had breached the Constitution and violated the apex courts Nov 3, 2007 restrain order, thus on the same ground alone, the respondents were liable for action under the provisions of Contempt of Court Ordinance 2003. Azeem said the contempt of court proceedings had already been initiated against the superior courts judges, who had taken oath under the Provisional Constitutional Order of November 3, 2007, thus the respondents being principal accused were also liable for the same action, as a solitary action against one set of accused would result in undercutting the authority and independence of judiciary and would give rise to the public perception that the respondents were above the law and the Constitution and could not be punished for subversion of the Constitution.