KARACHI: Amnesty International said Tuesday it was significant that previous president Pervez Musharraf got "a fair trial without recourse to the death penalty" after an uncommon court prior in the day gave death penalty to the ex-military ruler.
In an announcement gave on the NGO's site, its delegate chief for South Asia, Omar Waraich, stated: "General Pervez Musharraf and the government he led must be held to account for all human rights violations committed during their time in office, not just a select few.
Waraich lauded Pakistan's move to "break with a history of impunity for powerful generals".
"At the same time, it is crucial that he receives a fair trial without recourse to the death penalty. The death penalty is the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment; it metes out vengeance, not justice," he included.
2007 state of emergency
A unique court framed to hear the high treachery body of evidence against previous president Pervez Musharraf condemned the previous tyrant to death for forcing a highly sensitive situation on November 3, 2007.
Musharraf, 76, is in Dubai where he is looking for treatment of different ailments.
The case was heard by a unique seat — containing Justice Waqar Ahmad Seth of the Peshawar High Court, Justice Shahid Karim of the Lahore High Court, and Justice Nazar Akbar of the Sindh High Court (SHC) — named on the sets of the Supreme Court. Equity Akbar had disagreed from the decision.
The extraordinary court had held its decision in the long-running treachery preliminary a month ago. In a December 5 hearing, it had reported to give the decision on December 17, regardless of whether contentions of the two sides were not finished by at that point.
Declared guilty party
The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government had documented the treachery body of evidence against Musharraf for forcing an extra-protected crisis in November 2007. The previous tyrant was prosecuted in March 2014 after he showed up under the watchful eye of the court. He had dismissed every one of the charges.
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On March 18, 2016, the previous president left Pakistan for Dubai for medicinal treatment after his name was expelled from the Exit Control List (ECL) on the sets of the Supreme Court however was pronounced an announced guilty party a couple of months after the fact by the uncommon court.
The uncommon court had requested to seize his property attributable to his nonstop powerlessness to show up and his identification and national personality card (CNIC) were additionally dropped on the peak court's requests later.
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