The Lahore High Court will on Thursday will take up three petitions filed by former president General (retired) Pervez Musharraf against his conviction in a high treason trial by a special court last month. The former president has challenged not only the conviction, but also the formation of the special court that handed him the death penalty for high treason, as well as the complaint filed against him by the government of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif that resulted in the trial as per the reports. Earlier, the court had sentenced Musharraf to death on December 17 for imposing a state of emergency on November 3, 2007, adding that it had found him guilty of high treason in accordance with Article 6 of the Constitution of Pakistan. Notably, in the civil miscellaneous applications, Musharraf asked the LHC to set aside the special court’s verdict for being illegal, without jurisdiction, unconstitutional, in violation of Articles 10-A, 4, 5, 10 and 10-A of the Constitution. He pleaded that the impugned verdict be suspended till decision of the main petition and directions be issued to the federal government to produce complete record of the special court. In addition, the clause 66 stoked another controversy with the use of inflammatory and derogatory comments against the former president.