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| Pakistani court issues arrest warrant for former president Pervez Musharraf |
| 2011-02-12 |
| A PAKISTANI anti-terrorism court has issued an arrest warrant for former president Pervez Musharraf over the assassination of ex-prime minister Benazir Bhutto, a public prosecutor says. "Judge Rana Nisar Ahmad has issued non-bailable warrant for former President Pervez Musharraf and directed him to appear before the court on February 19," Chaudhry Zulfiqar Ali said. He said that "a joint investigation team that had been formed to probe the assassination said in its report Musharraf had involvement in the case and was equally responsible". "The report said it was a broad conspiracy involving Pervez Musharraf, two police officials and terrorists," Mr Ali said after the closed-door hearing that took place in Rawalpindi's Adiala prison. Mr Musharraf, who was president when Ms Bhutto was killed in 2007, is in self-imposed exile in London and is unlikely to return to Pakistan. Asked what would happen if Mr Musharraf did not appear in the court on the next date of the hearing, the prosecutor said: "We will see when the time comes." In December, police arrested two senior police officers, Saud Aziz and Khurram Shahzad, for alleged dereliction of duty over the assassination of Ms Bhutto after a court issued their arrest warrants. Mr Aziz, who was city police chief at the time of the killing, and Mr Shahzad, another senior policeman in Rawalpindi, had been arrested for their "failure" to protect Ms Bhutto. Ms Bhutto was killed in a gun and suicide attack after addressing an election campaign rally in the garrison city, near the capital Islamabad, on December 27, 2007. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #1 Hopefully, when he read the news in The Times, while sitting on his easy chair, he snorted, then asked the Abdar (head servant) if one of his bhai (serving boys) might refresh his tea. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2011-02-12 09:27 |