Islamabad: A Pakistani court has sentenced former military ruler Pervez Musharraf to death on charges of high treason and subverting the constitution, government officials say.

Musharraf, who seized power in a 1999 coup and later ruled as president, is not in Pakistan and was not available for comment on the sentence, handed down by an anti-terrorism court hearing the high treason case.

Pakistan's former President and military ruler Pervez Musharraf in 2013. Credit:AP

"Pervez Musharraf has been found guilty of Article 6 for violation of the constitution of Pakistan," government law officer Salman Nadeem said on Tuesday.

The court's full ruling was not available but it said in a summary it had analysed complaints, records, arguments and facts in the case and had reached a majority verdict, with two of the three judges giving the decision against Musharraf.