Opposition parties react to treason case verdict
Last updated on: 17 December,2019 07:11 pm
Opposition parties react to treason case verdict
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Tuesday has responded to the special court verdict of sentencing former president and top military official Pervez Musharraf to death in treason case verdict and said that democracy is best revenge.
In a separate statement, PPP leader Aitzaz Ahsan said that Pervez Musharraf had violated the Constitution several times.
Meanwhile, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) senior leader Ahsan Iqbal said that martial law would have never been imposed if decision like this had been announced 50 years ago. It is to be mentioned here that special court in Islamabad has sentenced former president and top military official Pervez Musharraf to death in high treason case.
A three-member bench comprising Chief Justice of Peshawar High Court (PHC) Waqar Seth, Justice Nazar Akbar of Sindh High Court (SHC) and Justice Shahid Karim of Lahore High Court (LHC) has announced the verdict that was reserved on December 5.
During the hearing, Justice Seth said that ex-president has been found guilty of violating the Article 6 of the Constitution by clamping the state of emergency on November 3, 2007.
The verdict was split 2-1 and a detailed verdict will be issued in 48 hours. The defence lawyer said that Pervez Musharraf, who is currently residing in Dubai, has been informed about the decision and that he will challenge the special court’s judgment.