{"id":98128,"date":"2019-12-19T09:54:33","date_gmt":"2019-12-18T23:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=98128"},"modified":"2019-12-19T09:56:34","modified_gmt":"2019-12-18T23:56:34","slug":"musharraf-to-challenge-special-courts-verdict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/musharraf-to-challenge-special-courts-verdict\/","title":{"rendered":"Musharraf to challenge special court\u2019s verdict"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>INP<br \/>\nDUBAI<br \/>\nA day after former president Pervez Musharraf was handed a death sentence by a special court, he expressed grief over the decision and said he will respond after consulting his lawyers.<br \/>\nAccording to sources, the ailing military dictator was discharged from the hospital but his health is still deteriorating.<br \/>\nAll Pakistan Muslim League (APML) leader Malik Mubashir said the legal requirements for the decision were not fulfilled and the decision was one-sided, adding that the party is disappointed.<br \/>\nHe further said that Musharraf was ready to record the statement in Dubai and the court ruled without hearing his arguments.<br \/>\nSpecial court convicts Musharraf of high treason, sentences him to death<br \/>\n\u201cFollowing the advice of lawyers, our future course of action will be finalised and the decision challenged,\u201d he added.<br \/>\nGeneral (retd) Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday was convicted of high treason and sentenced to death by a special court in an unprecedented trail delayed by the absence of the septuagenarian former military ruler, who has been out of the country since 2016.<br \/>\nIt is the first time in Pakistan\u2019s history that a former army chief has been tried and sentenced under Article 6 of the Constitution.<br \/>\nThe charges against Musharraf stem from his imposition of a state of emergency in 2007, after which dozens of judges were placed under house arrest or sacked, sparking widespread street protests by lawyers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>INP DUBAI A day after former president Pervez Musharraf was handed a death sentence by a special court, he expressed grief over the decision and said he will respond after consulting his lawyers. 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