The Lahore High Court (LHC) has voided the death sentence of ex-president Pervez Musharraf, ruling that a special court which found him guilty of high treason was unconstitutional, a government prosecutor told AFP.
Following the LHC ruling, the former president is now a “free man,” Ishtiaq A. Khan, the prosecutor representing the government, said. The whole process against Musharraf – including the creation of a special court – was deemed to be void.
“The filing of the complaint, the constitution of the court, the selection of the prosecution team are illegal, declared to be illegal… And at the end of the day the full judgment has been set aside,” Khan told AFP.
Earlier in the day, Musharraf’s lawyer Azhar Siddique told the media outside the court that the judges have “nullified everything” against his client.
