A court in Pakistan Thursday ordered arrest of country’s former military ruler General (Retd) Parvez Musharraf.
Islamabad, April 18/Nationalturk – A court in Pakistan Thursday cancelled bail of country’s former military ruler General (Retd) Parvez Musharraf and ordered his arrest.
Musharraf appeared before Islamabad High Court today to seek extension in his bail in the judges’ confinement case. Large number of security men accompanied former military ruler as he appeared in court.
Islamabad High Court’s Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui, however, rejected his plea and cancelled his bail. The court ordered his arrest.
“Islamabad High Court has cancelled Musharraf’s bail and ordered his arrest in the judges’ detention case today,” Mohammad Amjad, top office bear of Musharraf’s political party — All Pakistan Muslim League – told reporters.
Earlier, the court had extended his interim bail till April 18, which had expired today.
According to local media, the former military ruler left the court premises after the court verdict. He drove away in a convoy escorted by his guards to his farmhouse in Chak Shahzad on the outskirts of Islamabad.
Officials said police was expected to visit his farmhouse to carry out the court orders and arrest him.
Judges’ detention case
The case is based on an FIR against Musharraf registered in August 11, 2009 on the complaint of a lawyer Chaudhry Mohammad Aslam Ghumman.
He had asked police to initiate legal proceedings against Musharraf for detaining over 60 judges, including Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, after proclamation of a state of emergency in the country on November 3, 2007.
Musharraf returned to Pakistan last month after nearly four years of self-imposed exile to contest the May 11 general election, despite the possibility of arrest on various charges and death threats from terrorists.
The country’s election officials have rejected Musharraf’s nomination from four seats of National Assembly (Pakistan’s parliament) last week and barred him from contenting elections.
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Faiz Ahmad / NationalTurk Pakistan News
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