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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has announced that former military dictator Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf would be tried for high treason under article 6 of the Constitution.
Musharraf faces charges of abrogating Constitution of Pakistan and detaining judges of the higher judiciary after imposing emergency on November 3, 2007.
Speaking in the National Assembly on Monday, he said that Pervez Musharraf will be held accountable for subverting the Constitution of Pakistan, stopping judges of higher judiciary from working through illegal orders and taking unconstitutional step of imposing emergency on November 3.
He said that there had been a tug of war between the democracy and dictatorship, adding that political parties and intellectuals didn't let the flag of democracy fall.
Moreover, Nawaz Sharif said that Pakistan came into being through democracy and process of transition of power will continue in the country.
Nawaz Sharif announces to try Musharraf for high treason | PAKISTAN - geo.tv