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Former Pakistan Army Chief and ex-president General (retired) Pervez Musharraf has got relief on Monday by the Lahore High Court in the death penalty verdict against him.
The Lahore High Court has declared the formation of a special court — which heard the treason case against Musharraf and handed him a death sentence after finding him guilty of treason — as ‘unconstitutional’. It means that the special court’s death verdict to hang Musharraf by neck will not be implemented and the case will be heard all over again if it is pursued at all.
The former president had challenged not only the conviction but also the formation of the special court that handed him the death penalty for high treason, as well as the complaint filed against him by the government of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif that resulted in the trial, Dawn news reported.
Musharraf was sentenced to death by a special court in Islamabad on December 17, 2019, six years after the trial started. The case was filed by the PML-N government against Musharraf for suspending the Constitution on November 3, 2007, when he imposed emergency in the country.
https://gulfnews.com/world/asia/pak...onstitutional-rules-the-high-court-1.68979647
The Lahore High Court has declared the formation of a special court — which heard the treason case against Musharraf and handed him a death sentence after finding him guilty of treason — as ‘unconstitutional’. It means that the special court’s death verdict to hang Musharraf by neck will not be implemented and the case will be heard all over again if it is pursued at all.
The former president had challenged not only the conviction but also the formation of the special court that handed him the death penalty for high treason, as well as the complaint filed against him by the government of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif that resulted in the trial, Dawn news reported.
Musharraf was sentenced to death by a special court in Islamabad on December 17, 2019, six years after the trial started. The case was filed by the PML-N government against Musharraf for suspending the Constitution on November 3, 2007, when he imposed emergency in the country.
https://gulfnews.com/world/asia/pak...onstitutional-rules-the-high-court-1.68979647