Follow Us on Google News
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court will announce the reserved verdict over a plea filed by former president Pervez Musharraf in the high treason case judgment today.
The plea was filed by the counsel of the former president, Azhar Siddique over the verdict ruled by the special court against Pervez Musharraf.
In the previous hearing conducted by the LHC, in which the court remarked that the formation of a special court over the high treason case against Musharraf was illegitimate.
Musharraf was sentenced to death in the verdict by a special court on 17th December in the high treason case. The former president not accepted the verdict challenged it in the court again soon after the decision was announced.
He in his plea not only challenged the conviction but also the formation of the special court that handed him the death penalty was claimed.
The petition also challenged paragraph 66 of the special court’s verdict, which read, “We direct the law enforcement agencies to strive their level best to apprehend the fugitive/convict and to ensure that the punishment is inflicted as per law and if found dead, his corpse be dragged to the D-Chowk, Islamabad, Pakistan, and be hanged for three days.”
Read more: Special court issues detailed verdict of Musharraf’s treason case
The verdict which comprises 169 pages, stated that Justice Waqar Seth and Justice Shahid Kareem awarded death sentence to Musharraf while another member of the bench Justice Nazir Akbar had announced to set Pervez Musharraf free of the charges. He is currently in Dubai.
