sentenced to death for treason
However, he termed the matter as politically motivated. A three-member bench of the special court headed by Peshawar High Court Chief Justice Waqar Ahmad Seth delivered the verdict in the historic case. The court convicted the former president of treason in November 2007 by abrogating the constitution and imposing emergency beyond the constitution and sentenced him to death. Thus Musharraf also had the stigma of being the first military ruler to be convicted of subverting the constitution.
Power was snatched from Nawaz Sharif
Pakistan’s three army chiefs, General Ayub Khan, General Yahya Khan and General Zia-ul-Haq, also abrogated the constitution, but they were not prosecuted. Musharraf’s conviction was a highly significant moment in Pakistan, where the influential military has ruled for nearly half of the country’s 75-year history. Musharraf seized power in 1999 by overthrowing Nawaz Sharif. He was the President of Pakistan from 2001 to 2008.