On Wednesday, the Supreme Court affirmed the death sentence that former President General (retd) Pervez Musharraf received in a “high treason case” in 2019 from a special court. The hearing was conducted by a four-member bench led by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa and consisting of Justices Mansoor Ali Shah, Aminuddin Khan, and Athar Minallah. In November 2007, the former monarch was found guilty of high treason for his “unconstitutional” decision to declare an emergency. On December 17, 2019, a special court sentenced him to death under Article 6 of the Constitution. Declared “unconstitutional” on January 13, 2020, the Lahore High Court (LHC) upheld the decision of a special court established to consider the high treason case under Article 6.