SC accepts appeals against Pervez Musharraf’s execution  

• A 4-member bench headed by Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa will hear case.
• The decision of special court against Pervez Musharraf was not unanimous.
• The court adjourned hearing till November 21, issuing notices to all parties.

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court accepted the appeal against the sentence of former President General (retd) Pervez Musharraf for hearing.

A 4-member bench headed by Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa, Justice Mansoor Ali Shah, Justice Aminuddin Khan and Justice Athar Minallah heard the appeals related to the punishment of late former President Pervez Musharraf, in which the special court annulled the decision.

In the appeal against verdict, Hamid Khan, Abid Saqi on behalf of Pakistan Bar Council, Rashid A. Rizvi on behalf of Sindh High Court Bar and Salman Safdar on behalf of former President Pervez Musharraf appeared in the court.

Former President Pervez Musharraf has filed an appeal in the Supreme Court against the decision pronounced by the special court on December 17, 2019.

At the beginning of the hearing in the Supreme Court, the Chief Justice said “It is good that all the lawyers are present, there was talk about the bench, I want to clarify, I am not in favor of changing the benches. I have heard the case, I do not understand that the cases of 2019 have not been decided till date”.

Meanwhile, Pervez Musharraf’s lawyer Salman Safdar said that after the amendment of the criminal law, an appeal was filed in the Supreme Court against the decision of the special court. The decision of the special court against Pervez Musharraf was not unanimous. Pervez Musharraf was sentenced in his absence.

Later, the Supreme Court accepted the appeal against Pervez Musharraf’s sentence for hearing.

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