Overnight: Hamza Ali Abbasi has a change of heart regarding Musharraf verdict

The actor now believes that public hanging of Pervaiz Musharraf is ‘illegal’

Actor Hamza Ali Abbasi has dismissed his previous notion of the Special Court (SC) being unbiased in its verdict against General (retd) Pervez Musharraf.

He  changed his opinion after details of the verdict were released. The verdict shows one of the judges condoning public display of Musharraf’s corpse at D-Chowk in case he was apprehended dead.

Read: Hamza Ali Abbasi calls Musharraf verdict unbiased

#MusharafVerdict wait... WHAT?.... I take my words back abt not accusing judges of being anti Army or anti Pakistan.... I am shocked at these words in the verdict... This is not Rule of Law... these words in the verdict are absolutely illegal, immoral & clearly WRONG! pic.twitter.com/mXHKwZixOF

— Hamza Ali Abbasi (@iamhamzaabbasi) December 19, 2019

“#MusharafVerdict wait what? I take my words back about not accusing judges of being anti Army or anti Pakistan. I am shocked at these words in the verdict.This is not Rule of Law.These words in the verdict are absolutely illegal, immoral & clearly wrong!” the actor turned activist tweeted as a posted an excerpt from the verdict.

Hamza went on to describe the move as hypocritical adding that the public hanging aspect is unconstitutional.

Public hanging & dead body of Musharraf to stay hanged in public for 3 days? Wow... When nation demanded public hanging of child rapist & murderers we were told thr is no Law to do tht... So by which law in constitution has the judge given this sentence to Musharraf? https://t.co/dk1KdR3CDp

— Hamza Ali Abbasi (@iamhamzaabbasi) December 19, 2019

“Public hanging & dead body of Musharraf to stay hanged in public for three days? Wow.When nation demanded public hanging of child rapist & murderers we were told there is no Law to do that. So by which law in constitution has the judge given this sentence to Musharraf?” he tweeted.

Earlier on Hamza had asked Musharraf supporters to stop accusing the SC of being pro Nawaz or Anti army in light of the death sentence against the former army chief. He had used the opportunity to justify the court’s earlier verdict against Nawaz Sharif to critics.

To all those supporting Musharraf, express ur disagreement/anger at the decision but accusing judges/SC of being anti Army/Pro Nawaz makes u no different than Nawaz supporters who branded this same SC & Judges as puppets of Army Estb. when verdict against Nawaz came out. THINK!

— Hamza Ali Abbasi (@iamhamzaabbasi) December 19, 2019

“Also, this decision has created a great example that a trial can be concluded & sentence be given even if accused is not present. Will courts now apply this also to Ishaq Dar, Hassan Sharif, Hussain Sharif & others?” he had tweeted.

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