Pak Army In Pain And Anguish Over Musharraf Death Sentence: ISPR


The Pakistan Army on Tuesday said that it was in "a lot of pain and anguish" over the sentencing to death of former military dictator General (r) Pervez Musharraf in the high treason case.

"An ex-army chief, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) and President of Pakistan, who has served the country for over 40 years, fought wars for the defence of the country can surely never be a traitor," the military's public relations wing said in a statement.
It said that the due legal process seemed to have been ignored including the constitution of a special court, denial of fundamental right of self-defence, undertaking individual specific proceedings and concluding the case in haste.
"Armed forces of Pakistan expect that justice will be dispensed in line with the Constitution in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan," read the statement.
The reaction from the military spokesperson comes after a special court handed the death punishment to the former military dictator for abrogating the constitution and imposing a state of emergency on November 3, 2007.

The special court formed to hear a high treason case against former president Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday sentenced the former dictator to death for imposing a state of emergency on November 3, 2007.
Musharraf, 76, is currently in Dubai where he is seeking treatment of multiple diseases.
The case had been heard by a special bench comprising Justice Waqar Ahmad Seth of the Peshawar High Court, Justice Shahid Karim of the Lahore High Court and Justice Nazar Akbar of the Sindh High Court (SHC). They had been appointed on the orders of the Supreme Court.
The court, in its short order said it had analysed complaints, records, arguments and facts in the case for three months. The court added it had found Musharraf guilty of high treason according to Article 6 of the Constitution of Pakistan for imposing a state of emergency on November 03, 2007.
It was a majority verdict, with two of the three judges giving the decision against Musharraf. SHC's Justice Akbar had dissented from the verdict.
The special court had reserved its verdict in the long-running treason trial last month.
The court, when reserving its verdict, had said it will announce its judgement on November 28. However, the Islamabad High Court had barred the bench from issuing the verdict on the said date.
When the special court reconvened on November 28, it had noted that it was not bound to follow the Islamabad High Court's (IHC) order. Nonetheless, the court allowed the ex-dictator to one more chance to record his statement in the case by December 5.
In its hearing on December 5, the special court had announced that it would issue the verdict on December 17, even if arguments of both sides were not completed by then.

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