Musharraf to be investigated in Benazir assassination case

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Amidst high security, former president General (r) Pervez Musharraf was presented before an Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) of Rawalpindi for hearing in the murder case of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Benazir Bhutto. The court ruled that the former ruler be investigated by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) in the case.

The former army ruler was brought to the Rawalpindi District Court from his Chak Shahzad farmhouse of Islamabad which was declared sub-jail while he has been confined on 14-day judicial remand.

Musharraf, who is the chief of All Pakistan Muslim League (APML), was escorted by security personnel as the court premises were completely cordoned off. He was presented before the judge Habib Urrehman.

The ATC had indicted Musharraf in the case in February 2011, declaring him a proclaimed offender.

Witnesses in the Benazir murder case were presented in the court for the hearing.

The court ordered that former military ruler should be included in the investigation process of the assassination case. It directed the FIA to complete the investigation and submit a challan in the apex court.

Benazir Bhutto was assassinated in a gun-and-bomb attack outside Rawalpindi’s Liaquat Bagh on December 27, 2007 soon after addressing an election campaign rally in the city.

The court later adjourned the case till May 3.

Meanwhile, scuffle between dozens of lawyers and supporters of Pervez Musharraf took place outside the court where both the sides chanted slogans against each other.

Also, a two-member bench comprising Justice Jawwad S Khawja and Justice Khilji Arif Hussain is hearing five identical petitions against Musharraf seeking his trial under Article 6 of the Constitution for imposing emergency and subverting the Constitution in 2007.

On Monday, the caretaker government refused to put Musharraf on trial for treason, telling the court that it was beyond its mandate.

Musharraf returned last month after nearly four years of self-imposed exile to take part in May 11 general elections despite the possibility of arrest on various charges and death threats from the Pakistani Taliban.

9 COMMENTS

  1. Now they will just put any case on Musharraf to stop him from elections
    This is a weird county where Criminals are Presidents & a clean clear person has been convicted .
    I am sure People are happy now & wud want another criminal to rule this country for another 5 years
    waste of time & Life
    Miss you Musharraf & your GOlden 8 years of a respected Pakistan

    • Musharraf is a great and fearless leader. Those who betrayed him and came after him to loot Pakistan are not fit to lick his boots!

      His 8 years were all too brief and quickly cancelled by the liars, cheats, thieves and murderers who rule now

      • Why l-i-c-k censored in my comment? Someone in the filter control room has a filthy mind and a very large porno collection

    • An agent of colonial and imperialists who have put the innocent police officials on her security duties at the mercy of the trial courts to spoil the careers of briliant police officers, instead of telling his American friends that the woman was a careless exhibisionist.

  2. IF CARE TAKING CANNOT PRCEED THIS CASE,THEN WHO CREATED AND INVENTED THIS SYSTEM AS THIS SYSTEM IS TOTALLY HANDICAPPED AND BE FINISHED AT ONCE.NO CONTROL OVER LOAD SHEDDING,WHY PAKISTAN IS BEING TRIED AND PRESENTED IN THE WORLD AS EXPERIMENTED LABORATORY?

  3. The stupid woman stuck her own hear out of her bullett proof vehicle. How did that become Musharraf's fault? During her two and a half hour rally nothing happened. Only after she stood up and stuck her head out of the vehicle, she went on a fast track to meet God. Musharraf cannot take responsibilty for every stupid person in the country. et the dirty woman rot in hell.

  4. Who will investigate. We dont have impartial agencies in Pakistan. The case was investigated by UN team, no mention of Musharraf there.

  5. This is turning into a witch hunt against Musharraf. The stance of both the media and the legal profession is frightening and so blatantly biased.

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