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| Pakistan sentences Pervez Musharraf to death for high treason | Pakistan sentences Pervez Musharraf to death for high treason |
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| Former ruler, who no longer lives in country, was tried for imposing state of emergency in 2007 | Former ruler, who no longer lives in country, was tried for imposing state of emergency in 2007 |
| A Pakistani court has sentenced the country’s former military ruler Pervez Musharraf to death on charges of high treason and subverting the constitution. | |
| Musharraf, who seized power in a 1999 coup and later ruled as president, is not in Pakistan and was not available for comment on the sentence, handed down by an anti-terrorism court hearing the high treason case. | Musharraf, who seized power in a 1999 coup and later ruled as president, is not in Pakistan and was not available for comment on the sentence, handed down by an anti-terrorism court hearing the high treason case. |
| “Pervez Musharraf has been found guilty of article 6 for violation of the constitution of Pakistan,” government law officer Salman Nadeem said. | |
| The court’s full ruling was not available but it said in a summary it had analysed complaints, records, arguments and facts in the case and had reached a majority verdict, with two of the three judges giving the decision against Musharraf. | The court’s full ruling was not available but it said in a summary it had analysed complaints, records, arguments and facts in the case and had reached a majority verdict, with two of the three judges giving the decision against Musharraf. |
| The charges stem from Musharraf’s imposition of a state of emergency in 2007, when he was facing growing opposition to his rule. | The charges stem from Musharraf’s imposition of a state of emergency in 2007, when he was facing growing opposition to his rule. |
| Under the emergency, all civil liberties, human rights and democratic processes were suspended from November 2007 to February 2008. | |
| He resigned later in 2008, after a political party that backed him fared poorly in a general election, and he has spent much of the time since then abroad. | He resigned later in 2008, after a political party that backed him fared poorly in a general election, and he has spent much of the time since then abroad. |
| The final years of his rule were marked by struggles with the judiciary stemming from his wish to remain head of the army while also being president. | |
| Last month, Musharraf issued a video recording from a hospital bed in Dubai in which he said he was not being given a fair hearing in the case, which was filed by the government in 2013. | Last month, Musharraf issued a video recording from a hospital bed in Dubai in which he said he was not being given a fair hearing in the case, which was filed by the government in 2013. |
| “I served the nation and made decisions for the betterment of the country,” Musharraf said in the video clip. | “I served the nation and made decisions for the betterment of the country,” Musharraf said in the video clip. |
| Legal experts in Islamabad said Musharraf can challenge the order in the high court. | Legal experts in Islamabad said Musharraf can challenge the order in the high court. |
| Musharraf sided with the US in its “war on terror” launched after 9/11. His decision was criticised by religious parties and ushered in years of Islamist violence in Pakistan. |