Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf has been taken to hospital with a suspected heart problem on his way to court for his treason trial.
Officials told the court the 70-year-old was transferred to the Armed Forces Cardiology Hospital in Rawalpindi.
It is the third time the former president has failed to appear in court following two previous security scares.
The treason charges relate to his decision in 2007 to suspend the constitution and impose emergency rule.
Mr Musharraf denies the charges and says all the accusations against him are politically motivated.
He is the first Pakistani former military ruler to face trial for treason. If found guilty, he could be sentenced to death or life in prison.
He also faces separate charges of murder and restricting the judiciary.
The nature of Mr Musharraf's reported heart condition is not yet clear.
One of his aides told the AFP news agency that he was in "bad shape".
But the BBC's M Ilyas Khan, who is at the special court in Islamabad, says many people in Pakistan view the reports of his heart condition with scepticism, as they do the security scares which his defence team say have so far prevented him from appearing in court.
The former general has spent much of the year under house arrest on an array of other charges relating to his time in power from 1999-2008, but is now on bail in all those cases.
He runs the risk of being taken back into custody if he does not turn up in the court trying him for treason. Our correspondent says the court could issue a custody ruling later on Thursday.
ChargesThe defence team is arguing that Mr Musharraf cannot get a fair trial in Pakistan because current Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif "has a bias against" their client.
Mr Musharraf seized power from Mr Sharif in a coup in 1999. He remained president until 2008, when a democratically elected government forced him to resign.
He left the country soon afterwards to live in self-imposed exile in Dubai and London.
On his return to Pakistan in March 2013, Mr Musharraf hoped he could lead his party into elections but was disqualified from standing.
Correspondents says many Pakistanis believe Mr Sharif's government is using the trial to divert attention from the problems the country is facing, including a struggling economy and continuing sectarian and other attacks.
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