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A Pakistani court rejected Musharraf's request for a bail extension, and Musharraf was put under house arrest. In , he declared a state of emergency, suspended Pakistan's constitution, replaced the chief judge and blacked out independent TV outlets. Musharraf said he did so to stabilize the country and to fight rising Islamist extremism. The action drew sharp criticism from the United States and democracy advocates. Pakistanis openly called for his removal.

Under pressure from the West, Musharraf later lifted the state of emergency and called elections in which his party fared badly. He stepped down in August after the governing coalition began taking steps to impeach him. More Videos Former Pakistan President Musharraf sentenced to death Musharraf then went into exile, but returned to Pakistan in with the aim of running in the country's national elections. Instead, his plans unraveled as he became entangled in a web of court cases relating to his time in power.

The former leader was indicted in on a total of five charges, including three counts of subverting, suspending and changing the country's constitution, firing Pakistan's chief justice, and imposing emergency rule. It is no coincidence that that fall began with a clash with the judiciary in , and it was the judiciary again that landed a blow to him and his institution this week.

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Pervez Musharraf conviction: Pak court says trial in absentia against golden principles of natural justice A special court in Islamabad on December 17 last year handed down the death penalty to the year-old retired general, now based in Dubai, after six years of hearing the high-profile treason case against him.

Drag his corpse to central square in Islamabad, hang it for 3 days: Pakistan court on Musharraf's sentence In its page detailed judgement authored by Peshawar High Court Chief Justice Waqar Ahmad Seth, who headed the bench, the court on Thursday said the "convict be hanged by his neck till he dies on each count as per charge. Pakistan's Former dictator Pervez Musharraf sentenced to death in high treason case A three-member bench of the special court, headed by Peshawar High Court Chief Justice Waqar Ahmad Seth, handed Musharraf, 76, death sentence in the long-drawn high treason case against him for suspending the Constitution and imposing emergency rule in , a punishable offence for which he was indicted in Court reserves judgement in Musharraf treason case, to announce verdict on Nov Pak media A special Pakistani court on Tuesday reserved its judgement in the high treason case against former dictator Gen.

Pervez Musharraf and said that the verdict will be announced on November 28 more. Treason case against Pervez Musharraf to be heard daily from October Court The bench had decided last month to conduct year-old Musharraf's trial on a daily basis from October 8 to conclude the case pending since December He receives treatment for complications related to a heart condition, according to his spokeswoman. Two days later Musharraf leaves Pakistan in order to seek medical treatment in Dubai.

August 31, — A court in Pakistan names Musharraf a fugitive from justice in the assassination of Bhutto. Musharraf has been living in self-imposed exile in Dubai since December 17, — Musharraf is sentenced to death in absentia after a three-member special court in Islamabad convicts him of violating the constitution by unlawfully declaring emergency rule while he was in power.

Musharraf, who has been living in self imposed exile in Dubai since , can freely return to Pakistan. All rights reserved. You must be logged in to post a comment. By CNN Newsource.