ISLAMABAD, December 19: The federal government has decided to approach the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) against Peshawar High Court Chief Justice Waqar Seth – one of the judges of the special court which awarded General (retd) Pervez Musharraf death sentence for abrogating the Constitution in 2007 earlier this week.
Justice Seth, in his separate note which was opposed by two other members of the bench – Justice Nazar Akbar of the Sindh High Court and Justice Shahid Karim of the Lahore High Court – had called for a public hanging of the former military ruler if he meets a natural death.
In a press conference following the detailed verdict in the treason case Thursday evening, Law Minister Farogh Naseem said a reference will be filed against the justice, who’s not “fit to be a judge of any court”.
Justice Seth was “mentally unfit and incompetent,” he added.
The court found the former president guilty on several counts, including abrogation of the Constitution, declaration of the state of emergency, and detention of Supreme Court judges. Agencies
