Musharraf treason verdict is biased, says former AG Irfan Qadir.

ISLAMABAD -- Former attorney general Irfan Qadir has said that the decision to sentence the former president to death would have wide-ranging repercussions.

"This is a wrong decision and will divide the country," he said, while severely criticising the decision on TV Channel.

"There is a conflict of interest that will be raised after this verdict. When I was attorney-general, I had told a court that the case against Musharraf was not legally sound since the judges who were hearing it had been restored to their positions illegally.

"The judges dismissed by Musharraf, and afterwards restored by an order of Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry, are both...

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