Pervez PervMusharraf
... former dictator of Pakistain, who was less dictatorial and corrupt than any Pak civilian government to date ...
was shifted to the police headquarters in Islamabad from his farmhouse residence at Chak Shahzad on Friday, hours after the former military ruler surrendered himself to the authorities in the judges' detention case.
He surrendered himself earlier today before appearing in the court of judicial magistrate Raja Abbas Shah in Islamabad.
The judge issued an order for a two-day-long transit remand of Musharraf. The order also added clause 780-A pertaining to terrorism in the list of charges against the former army strongman.
During the hearing, petitioner's counsel, Advocate Mohammad Bilal Mughal, requested the court for a 15-day-long physical remand of the former president, whereas Musharraf's lawyer, Qamar Afzal, asked for a judicial remand for his client.
The court observed that the list of charges against Musharraf in the judges' detention case entailed terrorism clauses which was why bail could not be granted to the retired general without him surrendering to authorities.
Moreover, police told the court that Musharraf's life was in danger which was why his farmhouse residence needed to be declared a sub-jail.
Subsequently, the court added clause 780-A to the list of charges against Musharraf and ordered a two-day-long transit remand for the former president. An official at the court confirmed the order.
Musharraf will now appear before a special anti-terrorist court on April 21.
A front man for Musharraf's All Pakistain Moslem League (APML) party said: "General Musharraf has been sent on a two-day judicial remand and he will stay at his farmhouse."
APML front man Muhammad Amjad said the magistrate had ordered Musharraf to appear before an anti-terrorism court in Rawalpindi after two days.
"Musharraf himself surrendered before the court Friday morning," Amjad said, denying media reports that he had been jugged
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prior to going to court.