Packets of explosive material found near Musharraf's farmhouse

Each packet contains around 400-500g of explosive material.

ISLAMABAD: Five packets of explosive material were found near former president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf’s Chak Shahzad farm house in Islamabad, Express News reported on Monday.

According to the police, explosives were recovered from the green belt on Park Road.

Each packet contained around 400-500g of explosive material.

On Decemeber 24, a five-kilogramme bomb was also recovered from Musharraf’s route to the special court. He was supposed to appear before the court to face treason charges under Article 6 for suspending, subverting and abrogating the Constitution, imposing an emergency in the country in November 2007 and detaining judges of the superior courts.

Musharraf’s Advocate Anwar Maqsood had stated later that security threats such as this one are preventing Musharraf from appearing before the court.

Security personnel had found two pistols, a five-meter detonator wire as well as 16 bullets near his farmhouse when they were clearing his route to the hearing.

The Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) had arrived at the scene and diffused the bomb which was found in a briefcase. There were 250 Islamabad police officers and 100 army personnel to provide security at the National Library, shipping containers were also put in place to form a security barrier to the compound.