SC issues statement on news reports attributed to CJP Khosa.

ISLAMABAD -- The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Wednesday rejected reports that Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Asif Saeed Khan Khosa had issued any directions to the special court hearing general (retd) Musharraf's high treason case.

On Tuesday, a three-member bench of a special court, comprising Justice Waqar Ahmad Seth of the Peshawar High Court, Justice Nazar Akbar of the Sindh High Court and Justice Shahid Karim of the Lahore High Court had convicted Musharraf for high treason and handed him the death penalty. The verdict was split 2-1 in favor of the conviction.

Later that day, new reports had started circulating that CJ Khosa had held an informal meeting with the Press Association of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and discussed the case.

"Musharraf's was an open-and-shut case and he was given multiple opportunities to defend himself. These people wanted to prolong the matter. The case was decided despite attempts to delay it," some media outlets had quoted the chief justice as saying in the...