As per report in a first in Pakistan's history, a three member bench of a special court here on tuesday sentenced former President pervez musharraf to death in the long-drawn high treason case against him. Furthermore this is the first time in the country's history that a military chief has been declared guilty of high treason and handed a death sentence.
Accordingly a three member bench of the special court headed by Peshawar high court Chief Justice Waqar Ahmad Seth and comprising Justice Nazar Akbar of the Sindh high court and Justice shahid Karim of the Lahore high court - announced the split 2-1 verdict in the case after hearing final arguments earlier on Tuesday. Perhaps the 76 year old former military chief is currently in dubai after being allowed to leave the country for medical treatment in 2016. He hasn't returned to pakistan ever since.
Moreover Musharraf's high treason trial for imposing the state of emergency on november 3, 2007, had been pending since december 2013. Perhaps he was booked in the treason case in december 2013, when the then pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz government was in power. Perhaps musharraf was indicted on march 31, 2014, and the prosecution had tabled the entire evidence before the special court in september the same year and however, due to litigation at appellate forums, the trial of the former military dictator lingere.
