An anti-terrorism court in Rawalpindi on Tuesday accepted a request of the defence lawyer to obtain an enquiry report in the Benazir Bhutto murder case. The court moreover issued a notice to the Punjab government to make the report available by Feb 9. Earlier in the day, the defence lawyer had submitted the request to obtain the report. The Federal Investigation Agency’s prosecutor had opposed the request, however, the court eventually decided in the favour of the defence. Also, the court adjourned a request to allow key witness and US lobbyist Mark Siegel to testify in the case through video conferencing to Feb 9. In his statement recorded before FIA’s joint investigation team constituted to probe the assassination in 2009, Siegel had accused former president Pervez Musharraf of extending threats to Benazir Bhutto regarding her safety and security in Pakistan.
