Pakistan

Court orders to confiscate Musharraf's assets

Express May 14, 2010

ABBOTABAD: Peshawar High Court's Abbotabad bench ordered the police on Friday to immediately confiscate former president Pervez Musharraf's assets and submit a report after procurement of assets in three days.

On Thursday, the Bench upheld the decision of the district and sessions court to seize Musharraf's assets in relation to the former president's non-appearance in court on April 29, regarding the Atiq-ur-Rehman case.

The two member bench also dismissed the petition filed by Musharraf's counsel to revoke the verdict.

Musharraf was summoned in the case of Atiq-ur-Rehman, an Atomic energy employee who went missing during his tenure. According to sources, Rehman had been called by the city police on the day of his wedding, after which he went missing.

As part of the proceedings, Advocate Iqbal Khan produced as evidence an extract from Musharraf's book, "In the line of fire" in which the former president stated that the state received $10,000 per person delivered to the US during the ongoing War on Terror.

COMMENTS (7)

faiz dhandla | 14 years ago | Reply I hope All PML will lead this country ,i think in this crices Musharif can leed & progres this country pakistan will suceed

farhat Qazi | 14 years ago | Reply property of all such people who had looted the people of this poor land should be confiscated. army generals, especially involved in afghan war ,had made a big fortune, should be brought into the court. a case should also be registered against mr musgrraf for violating the constitution of pakistan.

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Sultan Ahmed | 14 years ago | Reply Without presenting example, I would like to say, as have seen in my life, many political leaders who were poor in the initial stage but after election became rich within very short time. It is not justice,confiscation of property only of former president make a ring of impeachment around all who looted my country and made their accounts in foreign banks glorious .

Muqudus | 14 years ago | Reply YESSSS !!! Thats great he deserve this not only Musharaf but all his cronies like shaukat Aziz, who destryed our economy and looted our money and now gone back to his masters feet.

Mohammad Akram | 14 years ago | Reply It would be a good idea if the properties of all politician who sucked the blood of the nation are also confiscated including President Zardari and all in the PMLN and other political leaders. There are many who are untouchables and why not Courts put hands on them as well. Be fare to all.

Salman | 14 years ago | Reply Not only Musharraf but also Shaukat Aziz should have been summoned since it was parliament then and he was the leader of the house. And now after doing his best to worsen the situation of Pakistan he is enjoying his employment with Reliance Group of India. What a shame that a former prime minister is simply not been asked anything and top of it being employed by an individual, what message is intended with this that our fate writers for sale against few gold coins. And the so called independent media failed to bring him to answer anything in last 2 years. What a kind of democracy we having, and what is this "MUFHIMAT" politics of cooperation. These days we are are worried on attabad dam but not realizing that its a symbolic indication by the almighty Allah. That Pakistan now is like attabad dam and it can submerge whole of the nation if we still remain the same and be toyed in the hands of these Mir Jaffers so called politicians.

danish | 14 years ago | Reply yes indeed, his property must be confiscated.He has no right to hold a property in Pakistan as he has been a traitor to our country.

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