Peshawar High Court Chief Justice Waqar Ahmed Seth passes away from coronavirus

Peshawar High Court Chief Justice Waqar Ahmed Seth passed away from coronavirus on Thursday.

A spokesperson from the Peshawar High Court announced the death, saying that Justice Seth was battling coronavirus.

He was undergoing treatment at Kulsum International Hospital, Islamabad.

PHC CJ is most famous for being part of the bench that handed the death penalty to former president Pervez Musharraf in a high treason case.

He was promoted to the PHC as an Additional Judge on August 2, 2011.


Justice Waqar Ahmed Seth took the oath of Chief Justice of the Peshawar High Court on June 28, 2018.