Special court released detailed judgment in high treason case.

Islamabad -- The special court constituted to try former army chief General (retd) Pervez Musharraf released the detailed judgment of the high treason case on Thursday.

Musharraf was tried in absentia for high treason handed a death sentence under Article-6 of the Constitution. The bench was headed by Peshawar High Court (PHC) Chief Justice Waqar Ahmad Seth and comprised Justice Nazar Akbar of the Sindh High Court (SHC) and Justice Shahid Karim of the Lahore High Court (LHC).

The verdict, 169-page long, has been authored by Justice Seth. Justice Karim and Justice Seth agreed on the basis of the evidence presented that Musharraf had committed a crime. However, Justice Nazar wrote a dissenting note. The verdict was split 2-1.

'We direct the Law Enforcement Agencies to strive their level best to apprehend the fugitive/convict to ensure that the punishment is inflicted as per law and if found dead, his corpse be dragged to the D-Chowk, Islamabad and be hanged for 03 days,' read the detailed verdict.

'It is unbelievable and unimaginable that such an extreme act is committed alone by a single man in uniform,' Justice Seth further wrote in the verdict.

Justice Nazar of the Sindh High Court, who dissented from the verdict, pointed out that the word 'high treason' is not defined in the Constitution and the court relied on the definition given in dictionaries.

'In the offence under Article 6 of the Constitution, the charging word is high treason, therefore, without properly appreciating what does it mean, this Court cannot pass a just and fair...