LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim league-Quaid (PML-Q) chairman Chaudhary Shujaat Hussain on Friday has said that the verdict of special court to hang former president Pervez Musharraf has downed the morale of Pakistan Army.
In a statement with respect to the treason case decision, the PML-Q leader said that the judgment has affected Pakistan’s image across the world. The reaction came after a special court in Islamabad had sentenced former president and top military official Pervez Musharraf to death in the high treason case.
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A three-member bench comprising Chief Justice of Peshawar High Court (PHC) QWaqar Seth, Justice Nazar Akbar of Sindh High Court (SHC) and Justice Shahid Karim of Lahore High Court (LHC) has announced the verdict that was reserved on December 15.
During the hearing, Justice Seth said that ex-president has been found guilty of violating Article 6 of the Constitution by clamping the state of emergency on November 3, 2007.
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