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The Supreme Court 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.
Announcing the short order, Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa said, “The impugned passed on January 13, 2020 by the Lahore High Court (LHC) […] is not sustainable and accordingly set aside.”
The order comes as a four-judge SC bench took up a set of appeals against the Jan 13, 2020 Lahore High Court order declaring unconstitutional the death sentence awarded to Musharraf on Dec 17, 2019.
Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah, Justice Aminuddin Khan and Justice Athar Minallah are other members of the bench. The late military dictator was one of the petitioners challenging the death sentence.
In January 2020, the LHC had declared unconstitutional all actions taken by the government against Musharraf, including the filing of a complaint on high treason charge and the formation of a special court as well as its proceedings, leading to the abolition of the death penalty handed down to him.
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