PM Imran Khan summons PTI core committee meeting today

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has summoned Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) core committee meeting on Wednesday (today) evening, media sources report.

The premier will chair the session in Islamabad. Senior party leadership, including Punjab Governer Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar and Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar will attend the meeting.

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The core committee will hold discussions over the developing situation following the special court’s verdict of sentencing former president and top military official Pervez Musharraf to death in high treason case and formulate future strategies.

A three-member bench comprising Chief Justice of Peshawar High Court (PHC) Waqar Seth, Justice Nazar Akbar of Sindh High Court (SHC) and Justice Shahid Karim of Lahore High Court (LHC) had on Tuesday announced the verdict that was reserved on December 5.

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During the hearing, Justice Seth said that retired Army General has been found guilty of violating Article 6 of the Constitution by clamping state of emergency on November 3, 2007.