ISLAMABAD, Pakistan—A court handed down a death sentence for Pakistan’s self-exiled former army dictator, drawing a sharp rebuke from the country’s powerful military. The ruling of treason by a special court against retired Gen. Pervez Musharraf, the military said, had caused “a lot of pain and anguish,” adding that a former army chief who “fought wars for the defense of the country can surely never be a traitor.”It...

Source: Wall Street Journal December 17, 2019 12:54 UTC