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India-Pakistan
Musharraf handed death sentence in high treason case
2019-12-18
[DAWN] A special court in Islamabad on Tuesday found former military ruler retired Gen Pervez Perv Musharraf
...former dictator of Pakistain, who was less dictatorial and corrupt than any Pak civilian government to date...
 guilty of high treason and handed him a death sentence
...the barbaric practice of sentencing a murderer to be punished for as long as his/her/its victim is dead...
 under Article 6 of the Constitution.

This is the first time in Pakistain's history that a military chief has been declared guilty of high treason and handed a death sentence. The verdict was split 2-1.

Article 6 of the Constitution says: "Any person who abrogates or subverts or suspends or hold in abeyance, or attempts or conspires to abrogate or subvert or suspend or hold in abeyance the Constitution by use of force or show force or by any other unconstitutional means shall be guilty of high treason."

The punishment for high treason is death or lifetime imprisonment, according to the High Treason (Punishment) Act, 1973.

The three-member bench of the special court ‐ headed by Beautiful Downtown Peshawar
...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistain's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire...
 High Court Chief Justice Waqar Ahmad Seth and comprising Justice Nazar Akbar of the Sindh High Court (SHC) and Justice Shahid Karim of the LHC ‐ announced the verdict in the long-drawn high treason case against Musharraf after hearing final arguments today. A detailed verdict will be issued in 48 hours.

The former military chief is currently in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. He was admitted to a hospital following deterioration of his health earlier this month. In a video statement from his hospital bed, he called the treason case "absolutely baseless". "I have served my country for 10 years. I have fought for my country. This [treason] is the case in which I have not been heard and I have been victimised," he had stated.

His team can appeal today's verdict in the Supreme Court. If the top court upholds the special court's verdict, the president possesses the constitutional authority under Article 45 to pardon a death row defendant.

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Posted by:Fred

#5  He killed Mrs Bhutto, destroyed hundreds of careers and families of men just doing their jobs. He invited the taliban into Balochistan, established Al-qaeda camps in the Sistan region and ordered the deaths of thousands of poor tribals. Murdered judges, lawyers and activists, no action could be taken against Perv's muscle for fear of liquidation.

The atrocities under him and his aide Tariq Aziz were left out by major networks because the BBC was turning pro-pakistan back then. No one got to know about his crimes, but the judiciary knew and they remembered. This only means that as democracy tries to assert itself in the 'Stain, the judiciary is trying their limits.

Not sure whether their military babus can work things Musharraf style to save him under the gaze of global watchdogs. Ideally it should deter them, but the watchdogs themselves seem to be corrupt as hell. Either way, he's going to get his punishment and suffer to death.
Posted by: Dron66046   2019-12-18 23:20  

#4  If they punish Perv, then the next time they have a coup the General-in-Charge will have to remain dictator until he dies in office, one way or the other. It'll be a one way street.

If they don't punish Perv, then another coup is assured.

With this compromise, Perv (kind of the best of a poor lot of dictators) is "punished," but he's pit of the country, so no actual firing squad is involved. ISPR sez he can never be a traitor, leaving the door kinda sorta open for future dictators, and the attorney general calling the decision "void" sez the current govt's on the side of the military that
Posted by: Fred   2019-12-18 18:36  

#3  #1 Like watching a Mexican telenovela - but without all the hot babes.

You're not talking CSPAN, right?
Posted by: Skidmark   2019-12-18 17:52  

#2  Is that a photo of a Lego humanoid?
Posted by: Lex   2019-12-18 13:42  

#1  Like watching a Mexican telenovela - but without all the hot babes.
Posted by: SteveS   2019-12-18 13:40  

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