Judges remarks provide basis for appeal against Musharraf verdict: Aitzaz.

ISLAMABAD -- 'A live person can be hanged but not a dead body under the law of the land,' seasoned lawyer Chaudhry Aitzaz Ahsan commented while referring a judge's words in the verdict against Pervez Musharraf in high treason case, media reported on Thursday.

The remarks by the judges could provide basis for an appeal (against the decision), he said.

The special court has released a detailed verdict of the case on Thursday (today).

On December 17, the special court had awarded death sentence to former president Pervez Musharraf in the high treason case against him.

'An inquiry should be initiated against the judge who has written this order,' Aitzaz Ahsan said. The legal capability of the judge should also be taken into account who has written this judgment,' he further said.

Talking on his reference in the verdict, Aitzaz Ahsan said that General Kayani had telephoned him during the lawyers protest, he had only requested me to wind up the march.

'A judge talking about hanging the dead body at 'D-Chowk', while another judge attributing wrong things to me,' veteran...