Husain Mohamed – Radio Islam News – 17.12.2019

Former Pakistan Army Chief and ex-president General Pervez Musharraf has been sentenced to death by a special court in Pakistan in a high treason case.

This is the first time in Pakistan’s history that a former army chief has been given a death sentence.

The court order does, however, remain subject to appeal.

Musharraf took power in a military coup in 1999 and ruled Pakistan for nine years before being deposed when his political party was routed in a general election.

He has been living in Dubai and London since 2014 after he was allowed to travel on medical grounds.

He was recently put on a list of most wanted people and had court orders against him, despite this he did not return to Pakistan.

Musharraf was booked in the treason case in December 2013 for imposing the state of emergency on November 03, 2007 suspending the constitution of Pakistan. He was indicted on March 31, 2014, and the prosecution had tabled the entire evidence before the special court in September the same year.