The Pakistani armed forces later issued a strong statement supporting Musharraf and denouncing the legal process against him. It said the military expects justice to "be dispensed in line with [Pakistan's] Constitution." In a video statement he recorded from a hospital bed earlier this month, Musharraf described the case against him as unfounded and baseless. Firdous Ashiq Awan, an adviser to Prime Minister Imran Khan, told Pakistan's ARY News channel that the government would review the court's ruling against Musharraf before announcing its position on the matter. Musharraf was indicted in 2014, but the trial was delayed, and he left Pakistan two years later.

Source: Washington Post December 17, 2019 09:55 UTC