SC urged to strike down Musharraf case verdict.

MANSEHRA/ABBOTTABAD -- Rallies were taken out in Mansehra and Abbottabad areas on Monday against the conviction of former military ruler retired General Pervez Musharraf in a high treason case.

The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf demonstrated in Ghazikot area of Mansehra district and blocked the Karakoram Highway for around an hour with the participants expressing solidarity with Musharraf against the special court's verdict.

The demonstrators held banners and placards and shouted slogans for the Pakistan Army and Musharraf.

'We stand with our armed forces and Pervez Musharraf. He (Musharraf) is a hero of Kargil war with India and can never be a traitor,' PTI leader and local MPA Babar Saleem Swati's nephew Kamal Khan Swati told protesters.

He said the residents of Mansehra wanted the Supreme Court to strike down the Musharraf case verdict.

Rallies staged in Abbottabad, Mansehra for ex-military ruler

Former naib nazim Gulfaraz Qureshi said more and more rallies were being staged in favour of Musharraf showing the people's immense support for him.

The people travelling between Mansehra and Abbottabad and other parts of country remained stranded on the KKH during...