Pakistan’s Supreme Court Upholds Death Sentence for Deceased Former Military Ruler Pervez Musharraf
Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan’s Supreme Court upheld the death sentence of former military ruler Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday, in a high treason case. The special court had initially sentenced Musharraf to death in absentia in December 2019, for imposing a state of emergency in 2007 and keeping the constitution in abeyance. However, the Lahore High Court had declared the special court and its proceedings as unconstitutional in January 2020. The issue of his sentence and …