A Pakistani court has sentenced former military ruler Pervez Musharraf to death on charges of high treason and subverting the constitution.
A Pakistani court has sentenced former military ruler Pervez Musharraf to death on charges of high treason and subverting the constitution, government officials say.
"Pervez Musharraf has been found guilty of Article 6 for violation of the constitution of Pakistan," government law officer Salman Nadeem said on Tuesday.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 Mr Musharraf.
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.
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