Musharraf case verdict has downed army morale: Ch Shujaat

LAHORE (92 News) – Pakistan Muslim League-Q (PML-Q) chairman Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has said that the special court’s verdict regarding former president Pervez Musharraf has downed the morale of Pakistan Army on Friday. In a statement with respect to the treason case verdict, the PML-Q leader said that the judgment hurts feelings of the nation. “If same decision announce about any judge who will implement,” he asked. Chaudhry Shujaat said that Musharraf’s verdict has affected Pakistan’s image across the world. The reaction came after special court in Islamabad had sentenced former president and Pervez Musharraf to death in high treason case. Earlier, the special court issued a 169-page detailed judgment in the high treason case against former president Pervez Musharraf. A copy of the detailed judgment was handed over to the counsel of former president Pervez Musharraf. According to the detailed judgment, Musharraf had imposed emergency and violated the constitution on November 3, 2007. All allegations against him are proved without any doubt. Musharraf was given the right to fair trial. The accused is granted sentence for each offence. The court also ordered to bring the people involved in abetting his fled should also be brought in the ambit of the law and action should also be taken against him. The court also directed the law enforcement agencies to apprehend the convict and inflict the punishment on him as per law. “If found dead, his corpse be dragged to the D-Chowk, Islamabad, Pakistan and be hanged for three days,” it ruled. On the other hand, Justice Shahid Karim of the Lahore High Court agreed to the decision to hang Pervez Musharraf to death, but he dissented from the decision of hanging him publicly. On December 16, the special court had handed death penalty to former president Pervez Musharraf in the high treason case.