Court reserves verdict in Musharraf treason case

Islamabad, November 19

A special Pakistani court today reserved its judgement in the treason case against former dictator General Pervez Musharraf and said that the verdict would be announced on November 28, according to media reports.

The previous Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government had filed the treason case against the 76-year-old ex-army chief in 2013 over the imposition of extra-constitutional emergency in November 2007.

A three-member tribunal headed by Justice Waqar Ahmad Seth conducted the hearing in the case about clamping the state of emergency by Musharraf on November 3, 2007.

The court announced that the judgment would be given on November 28. It also directed the counsel of Musharraf to submit final argument if any by November 26, Dawn News reported.

If convicted, Musharraf may face death sentence. — PTI