Pakistan Court’s order on Pervez Musharraf: ‘Drag his body to Islamabad, hang for 3 days if he dies before his execution’

Pakistan’s

special court which sentenced former military ruler Pervez Musharraf to death

in its detailed judgement on Thursday said that his body should be dragged to

the central square in Islamabad and hanged for three days if he dies before his

execution.

The 167-page

detailed judgement was authored by Peshawar High Court Chief Justice Waqar

Ahmad Seth, who headed the three-member court that sentenced Musharraf to death

on Tuesday for subverting the Constitution.

“As a

necessary result to what has been observed we find the accused guilty as per

charge. The convict be hanged by his neck till he dies on each count as per

charge,” the verdict said.

Justice Seth

wrote that Musharraf should be hanged even if he dies before his execution.

“We

direct the law enforcement agencies to strive their level best to apprehend the

fugitive/convict and to ensure that the punishment is imposed as per law and if

found dead, his corpse be dragged to the D-Chowk, Islamabad, Pakistan and be

hanged for 03 days,” he wrote.

The verdict

was split by 2-1 as Justice Shahid Karim of the Lahore High Court supported the

death sentence while Justice Nazar Akbar of the Sindh High Court disagreed and

wrote a dissenting note.