Pearl, the 38-year-old South Asia bureau chief for The Wall Street Journal, was abducted and beheaded while he was in Pakistan investigating Al-Qaeda-ISI link in 2002
The Ministry of External Affairs said a demarche was issued to a senior Pakistani diplomat lodging a strong protest over the court ruling
The court also ruled that the treason case against Musharraf was not prepared in accordance with the law
Thousands of Iraqis chanting 'Death to America' on Saturday mourned Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani killing
The 86 page-long petition, filed by Advocate Azhar Siddique in the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday on Musharraf's behalf, named the federal government and others as respondents, Dawn News reported
The government also requested the court to keep the proceedings in-camera
A three-member special court bench sentenced 76-year-old Musharraf to death in absentia on Tuesday for high treason following a six-year legal case
Because Sharif was not "honest," Chief Justice of Pakistan additionally ruled, all "orders passed, directions given and documents issued" under his leadership were officially declared null