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Pak SC upholds Pervez Musharrafs death sentence in treason case

Published : Thursday, 11 January, 2024 at 12:00 AM  Count : 226
ISLAMABAD, Jan 10: The Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan on Wednesday upheld the death sentence of late former military ruler Pervez Musharraf, awarded to him by the Special Court in the high treason case.

"The impugned passed on January 13, 2020, by the Lahore High Court (LHC) […] is not sustainable and accordingly set aside," Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa said while announcing the short verdict.

The order comes as a four-judge SC bench - headed by the CJP and comprising Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah, Justice Aminuddin Khan and Justice Athar Minallah - took up a set of appeals pertaining to the 2020 Lahore High Court (LHC) order declaring unconstitutional the death sentence awarded to Musharraf.

In December 2019, a special court in Islamabad found the ex-dictator guilty of high treason and handed him a death sentence under Article 6 of the Constitution. It marked the first time in Pakistans history that a military chief had been declared guilty and punished.

However, on January 13, 2020, the LHC had declared unconstitutional all actions taken by the government against Musharraf, including the filing of a complaint on charges of high treason and the formation of a special court as well as its proceedings. The verdict led to the abolition of the death penalty handed down to him.

The bench - headed by Justice Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi and also comprising Justice Mohammad Ameer Bhatti and Justice Mohammad Masood Jahangir -had also set aside Section 9 of the Criminal Law Amendment (Special Court) Act, 1976 for being violative to fundamental rights and ruled against retrospective effect given to an amendment in Article 6 of the Constitution, which deals with high treason.

In November, the top court had fixed for hearing a set of appeals, including one filed by the late military dictator. Days later, it had also admitted for hearing appeals against the ex-presidents acquittal.    â€”DAWN


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