ISLAMABAD, Dec 19 ― Speaking from his hospital bed in Dubai, Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf said a special court's decision to sentence him to death in a high treason case was the result of a “personal vendetta”. Musharraf, who was tried and sentenced in absentia, said in a...
Thursday, 19 Dec 2019 01:36 PM MYT
ISLAMABAD, Dec 19 ― Speaking from his hospital bed in Dubai, Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf said a special court's decision to sentence him to death in a high treason case was the result of a “personal vendetta”. An anti-terrorism court sentenced Musharraf to death on Tuesday after finding him guilty of high treason and subverting the constitution in 2007.
When Nawaz Sharif ― an old rival whom he deposed in the 1999 coup ― was elected prime minister in 2013, he initiated a treason trial against Musharraf and in 2014 the former general was charged for high treason.
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