Supporters of Pervez Musharraf chant slogans, after a Pakistani court sentenced the former military ruler to death on charges of high treason and subverting the constitution, during a protest in Peshawar, Pakistan, December 18, 2019. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The Pakistan government said on Thursday it was seeking to disbar the leader of a three-judge panel which ruled that the corpse of ex-military ruler Pervez Musharraf should hang for three days if the general dies before his execution.
The special court sentenced Musharraf, 76, to death on Tuesday after finding him guilty of high treason for subverting the constitution in 2007. He took power in a 1999 coup.
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