indian_foxhound
FULL MEMBER
- Joined
- Jan 10, 2013
- Messages
- 1,827
- Reaction score
- 0
Beleaguered former Pakistani President Pervez
Musharraf faced fresh trouble today with police
arresting him over the killing of Baloch leader
Akbar Bugti in a 2006 army operation, the third
time he has been taken into custody within a
fortnight in three separate cases. A team of Balochistan Police arrested the former
military ruler and grilled him for nearly four
hours at his farmhouse on the outskirts of
Islamabad, which was declared a sub-jail by
authorities. The five-member police team confirmed to
reporters outside the sprawling farmhouse that
Musharraf had been arrested over the killing of
Bugti. Musharraf, 69, was the army chief when the
operation against Bugti was ordered. Earlier in the day, Judge Chaudhry Habib-ur-
Rehman of an anti-terrorism court in Rawalpindi
accepted a request from Balochistan Police to
include Musharraf in the probe into Bugti's death. Shortly after the judge issued the order, the
police team went to Musharraf's farmhouse to
question him. Musharraf is facing charges over
the death of Bugti. A court in Balochistan had issued a warrant for
his arrest in 2011. Since his return to Pakistan in March after nearly
four years in self-exile , Musharraf was first
arrested on April 19 for detaining more than 60
judges during the 2007 emergency. He was again arrested on April 25 over the
assassination of former premier Benazir Bhutto
in 2007. In a related development, Aftab Ahmed Khan
Sherpao, who was Interior Minister in
Musharraf's regime, appeared in an anti-
terrorism court in Quetta for the hearing of a
case over Bugti's killing. Sherpao asked the court to excuse him from
personal appearances in future hearings for
security reasons. The court adjourned the matter till May 16. Musharraf is being held at his farmhouse due to
threats to his life from the banned Tehrik-e-
Taliban Pakistan and other militant groups. He has been accused of providing inadequate
security to Bhutto after she returned to Pakistan
from self-exile in 2007. Lawyers have also petitioned the Supreme Court
to put him on trial for treason for imposing
emergency. Musharraf returned to Pakistan to make a
political comeback but he has been dragged to
court over several issues. On April 30, the Peshawar High Court banned
Musharraf from contesting elections for the rest
of his life.
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/p...harraf-over-killing-of-baloch-leader/1110658/
Musharraf faced fresh trouble today with police
arresting him over the killing of Baloch leader
Akbar Bugti in a 2006 army operation, the third
time he has been taken into custody within a
fortnight in three separate cases. A team of Balochistan Police arrested the former
military ruler and grilled him for nearly four
hours at his farmhouse on the outskirts of
Islamabad, which was declared a sub-jail by
authorities. The five-member police team confirmed to
reporters outside the sprawling farmhouse that
Musharraf had been arrested over the killing of
Bugti. Musharraf, 69, was the army chief when the
operation against Bugti was ordered. Earlier in the day, Judge Chaudhry Habib-ur-
Rehman of an anti-terrorism court in Rawalpindi
accepted a request from Balochistan Police to
include Musharraf in the probe into Bugti's death. Shortly after the judge issued the order, the
police team went to Musharraf's farmhouse to
question him. Musharraf is facing charges over
the death of Bugti. A court in Balochistan had issued a warrant for
his arrest in 2011. Since his return to Pakistan in March after nearly
four years in self-exile , Musharraf was first
arrested on April 19 for detaining more than 60
judges during the 2007 emergency. He was again arrested on April 25 over the
assassination of former premier Benazir Bhutto
in 2007. In a related development, Aftab Ahmed Khan
Sherpao, who was Interior Minister in
Musharraf's regime, appeared in an anti-
terrorism court in Quetta for the hearing of a
case over Bugti's killing. Sherpao asked the court to excuse him from
personal appearances in future hearings for
security reasons. The court adjourned the matter till May 16. Musharraf is being held at his farmhouse due to
threats to his life from the banned Tehrik-e-
Taliban Pakistan and other militant groups. He has been accused of providing inadequate
security to Bhutto after she returned to Pakistan
from self-exile in 2007. Lawyers have also petitioned the Supreme Court
to put him on trial for treason for imposing
emergency. Musharraf returned to Pakistan to make a
political comeback but he has been dragged to
court over several issues. On April 30, the Peshawar High Court banned
Musharraf from contesting elections for the rest
of his life.
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/p...harraf-over-killing-of-baloch-leader/1110658/
