Musharraf is due to appear in court on July 9. DESIGN: FAIZAN DAWOOD
RAWALPINDI: Former dictator Pervez Musharraf failed to appear before the Anti Terrorism Court in the Benazir Bhutto murder case due to security reasons, reported Express News on Tuesday.
The court adjourned the hearing till July 9 and has ordered for the physical presence of Musharraf in court on the same day.
In its report submitted with Rawalpindi’s Anti-Terrorism Court-I on June 25, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) held the former dictator responsible for the breach in the security of Benazir Bhutto that resulted in her assassination outside Rawalpindi’s Liaquat Bagh in December 2007.
According to the report, which was submitted by the head of FIA’s joint investigation team, Deputy Director Khalid Rasool, Musharraf allegedly wanted to kill the chairperson of Pakistan Peoples Party to secure his rule.
Musharraf, who returned from four years of self-imposed exile in March, has been under house arrest at his plush farmhouse on the edge of Islamabad since April 19.
He has been facing a slew of charges, including the proclamation of emergency rule on November 3, 2007 when he suspended the Constitution and put superior court judges under house arrest.
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@Zaki of Pak: Of course Musharraf was dictator .He grabbed power with guns of the nations given to him to defedn nation not to conquarre it.He should be punished for it.Shaloow knowelgde aside but what he did or did not do to Pakisatn is un-recoverable in ten years.
Writers and Tribune: Please stop your propaganda against Musharraf and refer to him either as General or former president, rather than continued references as "dictator'. Leave that for the people ot decide. Or else we will start referring to Tribune and its writers as propaganda machine and artists. Thank you very much.
Good, he saved court's time.
Solution is simple: Declare the sub jail also as a Sub Court +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++