SC upholds Pervez Musharraf’s death sentence in treason case

The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the death sentence of later former president Pervez Musharraf’s awarded to him by a special court in 2019 in a “high treason case”. A four-member bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa and comprising Justice Mansoor Ali Shah, Justice Aminuddin Khan and Justice Athar Minallah conducted the hearing. The former army chief was passed away in Dubai on Feb 05 last year and laid to rest in Karachi.