New Delhi
Former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf was on Tuesday sentenced to death by the Peshawar High Court in the high treason case filed against him. The verdict in the long-pending case was announced by a three-judge bench of a special court, the Dawn reported.
Musharraf, who is currently in Dubai, was booked in the case in December 2013 for imposing an emergency in Pakistan on November 3, 2007. He was indicted in the case in 2014, however, the proceedings in the case were hit after the military ruler left Pakistan in March 2016. The 76-year-old leader had left for Dubai for medical treatment and has not returned since then citing security and health reasons.
The special court had earlier said that it would pronounce the verdict on November 19, however, the ruling Imran Khan government, days before the judgment, filed a petition in the Islamabad High Court, seeking its order to restrain the court from delivering the final decision.
The special court had earlier said that it would pronounce the verdict on November 19, however, the ruling Imran Khan government, days before the judgment, filed a petition in the Islamabad High Court, seeking its order to restrain the court from delivering the final decision.
