Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) lawyer Chaudhry Zulfiqar on Saturday said the All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) chief and former President Pervez Musharraf will be arrested on his return to Pakistan in the Benazir Bhutto assassination case.
Talking to media after a hearing of the BB murder case in Adiyala Jail Rawalpindi, Zulfiqar said the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) had declared Musharraf a proclaimed offender and issued arrest warrants against him.
He said the FIA had a right to arrest Musharraf on his return if he follows his current return date of the end of the last week of the current month.
He said Musharraf will have to face trial as an accused in the BB Bhutto’s assassination case as per his own declared readiness to face all court cases against him.
He said no new arrest warrants were needed against Musharraf. He said no lawyers from any of the accused, including Musharraf, had appeared before the court during proceedings.
He said the judge had told the defence lawyers that they would loose the right to further question witnesses if they did not appear before the court in the next hearing. The court has adjourned the hearing till January 17.
