December 28, 2019 2:32 PM

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Lahore High Court returns Musharraf's application against his conviction

<span style="color: #222222;">The Lahore High Court has returned Pakistan's former military dictator  Pervez Musharraf application challenging the death sentence handed to him by a special court in a high treason case. The registrar office of the Lahore High Court (LHC) returned Musharraf's application citing non-availability of the full bench due to winter vacations.<br />''<br />''The petition sought constitution of a full bench of the court to quash the verdict of the three-member tribunal which sentenced the 76-year-old Musharraf to death in absentia for high treason following a six-year legal case on December 17. While returning the petition against the verdict of the tribunal, the registrar asked the petitioner to refile it in the first week of January.<br />''<br />''Musharraf, in his petition, has asked the high court to set aside the special court's verdict, terming it illegal, without jurisdiction and unconstitutional.</span><br />

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