HRCP deplores attack on judiciary.

LAHORE -- The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) is deeply concerned at the mounting tension between two key institutions of the state and deprecates the sustained assault on the judiciary.

'The court's verdict which finds retired Gen Pervez Musharraf guilty of treason sets an important precedent. The objections to paragraph 66, and the storm it has created, should not depreciate the main body of the judgment,' it says.

While reiterating its opposition to the death...