Musharraf High Treason Case-Final Verdict Issued

A detailed verdict of the high treason case against ex-president Pervez Musharraf was issued on Thursday. The special court, headed by Justice Waqar Ahmad Seth decided the high treason case with 2-1 split verdict against Pervez Musharraf. “We with the majority of 02 as to 01 allow the complaint and hold the acused guilty of […] The post Musharraf High Treason Case-Final Verdict Issued appeared first on Nation Bytes.

Musharraf High Treason Case-Final Verdict Issued

A detailed verdict of the high treason case against ex-president Pervez Musharraf was issued on Thursday. The special court, headed by Justice Waqar Ahmad Seth decided the high treason case with 2-1 split verdict against Pervez Musharraf.

“We with the majority of 02 as to 01 allow the complaint and hold the acused guilty of high tyreson as defined at article 6 of the COnstitution and pass punishment under s. 2 High Treason (Punishment) Act, 1973, thus the Convict be hanged by his neck till he is dead,” the 169-page order authored by Justice Seth read.

On Tuesday, the court had sentenced Musharraf to death for imposing a state of emergency on November 3, 2007, adding that it had found him guilty of high treason in accordance with Article 6 of the Constitution of Pakistan.

It was a majority verdict, with two of the three judges giving the decision against Musharraf. 

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