Govt to analyse detailed verdict on Musharraf verdict before commenting: Firdous Ashiq Awan

Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting, Firdous Ashiq Awan, on Tuesday said that the government will consult its legal team before commenting on a special court's decision to hand the death sentence to General (retired) Pervez Musharraf in a high treason case.

A three-member bench of the special court, comprising of Justice Waqar Ahmad Seth of the Peshawar High Court, Justice Nazar Akbar of the Sindh High Court and Justice Shahid Karim of the Lahore High Court, had earlier today found Musharraf guilty of high treason.

The court had been hearing the case relating to the imposition of emergency rule in Pakistan back in 2007 when Musharraf was the president. The court found that Musharraf violated Article 6 of the Constitution by imposing emergency in the country.

Awan, when asked to comment on the verdict after an event in Islamabad, remained tight-lipped, saying that "the government's legal team would first review the detailed verdict, analyse it's legal and political aspects, before presenting their viewpoint."

"The prime minister is coming back tomorrow; he will see the verdict's legal framework," she added. 

It is pertinent to mention that the government, on November 24, had lodged a petition with the Islamabad High Court to stop the special court from announcing of the verdict in the case.