The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the death sentence awarded to late former military ruler General (retd) Pervez Musharraf for high treason, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.
A four-judge apex court bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa and comprising Justice Athar Minallah, Justice Mansoor Ali Shah and Justice Aminuddin Khan conducted the hearing on Wednesday.
The CJP while pronouncing the decision reserved earlier in the day declared the special court’s death sentence awarded to Pervez Musharraf as “correct”.
Before his death in February 2023, Musharraf had filed an appeal against a special court’s decision of awarding him the death penalty on December 17, 2019 for imposing a state of emergency in the country and suspending the Constitution in November 2007.
Musharraf had filed a petition against the verdict and on January 13, 2020, the LHC annulled the death sentence, calling the special court that held the trial as unconstitutional.
Later, both the matters were challenged in the Supreme Court.
Reporter Amanat Gishkori