Eldorado Posted December 17, 2019 #1 Share Posted December 17, 2019 (edited) "A Pakistani court has sentenced former military ruler Pervez Musharraf to death in absentia for treason over his 2007 imposition of emergency rule. "Such a verdict is a first in a country with a history of army rule. The military reacted angrily, saying legal process "seems to have been ignored". "The general seized power in a 1999 coup and was president from 2001 to 2008. "The penalty is unlikely to be carried out. Gen Musharraf was allowed to leave Pakistan in 2016 and is in Dubai. "The high treason charge has been pending since 2013. It relates to Gen Musharraf's suspension of the constitution in 2007, when he declared an emergency in a move intended to extend his tenure." Full monty at the BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-50819772 And at alJazeera: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/12/conviction-pakistan-pervez-musharraf-191217151354480.html Edited December 17, 2019 by Eldorado 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piney Posted December 17, 2019 #2 Share Posted December 17, 2019 Ship him home to get that noggin chopped off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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