Lawyers, civil society hail Musharraf sentence.

PESHAWAR -- The lawyers and civil society activists on Monday hailed the conviction of former military ruler retired General Pervez Musharraf by a special court in a high treason case and said they stood with the judiciary over the historic verdict.

Peshawar High Court Bar Association president Abdul Lateef Afridi told a joint rally of lawyers and social activists here that PHC Chief Justice Waqar Ahmad Seth, who headed the special court hearing the Musharraf high treason case, had made history by convicting a military dictator for abrogating the Constitution.

Opposing 'Para 66' of the judgment, which ordered the dragging of the body of Musharraf to Islamabad's D Chowk and its hanging there for three days in case of his death abroad, Mr Afridi said the lawyers fully agreed with rest of the verdict.

'Retired General Musharraf was a usurper, who suspended the Constitution and arrested the judges of superior courts,' he said.

Oppose filing of reference against Justice Waqar Seth

The rally was taken out by several social activists, especially Dr Said Alam Mehsud, Sana Ijaz and Shakeel Waheedullah Khan, from near Peshawar Museum and was joined by lawyers near the high court building.

The participants shouted slogans in...