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A Court in Pakistan overturned the death penalty handed down, the former President, Pervez Musharraf , by the legal process to be unconstitutional.

had Gen Musharraf, called for the formation of special Court found him guilty of high treason last December.

On Monday, the Lahore High Court sided with The Exiled general who seized power in a 1999 coup and was President from 2001 to 2008.

The decision meant that Gen Musharraf is a free man, "a Prosecutor said was,".

"The filing of the complaint, The Constitution of the Court , on The Selection of the pursuit team are illegal, said they are illegal. And at the end of The Day , the full judgment was set aside," the government, the Prosecutor, rose, ishtiaq A. Khan, said to the AFP news Agency.

He added that there is "no judgment against him".

According to BBC Urdu, the long-running case - which refers to Gen Musharraf suspending The Constitution in 2007 when he declared a state of emergency in a move destined to be an extension of his term - could be repeated in another Court .

News of The Sentence , in December, triggered protests

The charge in 2014 was a very significant moment in a country where the military rule for much of its independent history, which No Other military leader ever in front of such legal consequences for their actions.

As The Verdict finally came in December, it was strongly opposed to both the military and the current government.

But the punishment was unlikely to be carried out. Gen Musharraf, who has always any false denied behavior, was not permitted to leave, Pakistan in the year 2016 for medical reasons and in Dubai, where he is receiving medical treatment.

The judgment is allowed to be pulled to say if Gen Musharraf died before he could be executed, "his body (or should be) to D-Chowk, [outside the Parliament in Islamabad, Pakistan, and hanged for Three Days ."

The Directive has sparked outrage, with the government seeking to disbar the panel, head judge, according to the Reuters news Agency.

What is the case?

In November 2007, Gen Musharraf, The Constitution suspended, and imposed a state of emergency - a move which sparked protests. He resigned to avoid in the year 2008, The Threat of prosecution.

If the Nawaz Sharif - a long-time rival, whom he deposed in the 1999 coup, was elected Prime Minister in 2013, he initiated a treason trial against Gen Musharraf, and in March 2014, the former general was accused of treason.

Gen Musharraf, argued that the case was politically motivated and that the measures that were agreed in 2007 by the government and the Cabinet. But his arguments were rejected, the accused, the courts, and he, acting illegally.

In one video, Gen Musharraf a fair hearing

said he was not available, According to Pakistan's Constitution, anyone convicted of treason could face the death penalty. Gen Musharraf traveled to Dubai in the year 2016 after a travel ban was lifted and he has refused to appear before the Court despite several orders.

The three-member bench had reserved its judgment in the long-running case in the last month, but was stopped by the announcement, by a petition filed by the Federal government to the Islamabad High Court .

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Source of news: bbc.com