ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – Pakistan’s Supreme Court upheld the death sentence of deceased former military ruler Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday. The special court had sentenced him in absentia in December 2019 for imposing a state of emergency in 2007, and the Lahore High Court had declared the ruling as unconditional in January 2020. A four-member bench … Read more
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – In a historic ruling, Pakistan’s Supreme Court upheld the death sentence for former military ruler Pervez Musharraf, who had been convicted of high treason by a special court. The special court had found Musharraf guilty of imposing a state of emergency in 2007, thereby suspending the constitution. The decision to uphold the … Read more
Islamabad, Pakistan – The Supreme Court upheld the death sentence of the late former military ruler Pervez Musharraf in the high treason case on Wednesday, reversing the Lahore High Court’s decision to declare the sentence unconstitutional. The four-judge SC bench, led by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa, announced the decision, ruling that … Read more