Federal Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Monday said it was not in his knowledge that a court had issued non-bailable arrest warrants for former president Gen (r) Pervez Musharraf and that no one has given any guarantees for his return to Pakistan.
Speaking to reporters at his chamber in the Parliament House, Interior Minister Nisar said a government petition filed in the Supreme Court had stated that Pervez Musharraf, if allowed to leave the country, would not return.
“The special court had declared Pervez Musharraf a free man and I had no knowledge of the issuance of non-bailable arrest warrants for him. Islamabad police said nothing about this,” he maintained.
Chaudhry Nisar said the leader of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) did file a petition against Pervez Musharraf but he failed to pursue it.
He said it was not the government but Customs intelligence that got model Ayyan Ali’s name placed on the Exit Control List (ECL).