It is the third time the court has issued arrest warrants for Musharraf, former premier Shaukat Aziz, former Balochistan chief minister Jam Mir Mohammad Yusuf and former governor Awais Ahmed Ghani.
ATC Judge Nawaz Khan Barakzai was hearing the case which was registered in Kohlu police station. A sessions court had referred the case to the ATC through the Balochistan High Court on July 4.
The investigation officer told the court that the interior ministry had been moved to contact Interpol to seek the arrest of the accused. Some suspects, including Jam Yusuf and former interior minister Aftab Ahmed Sherpao have been released on bail while the others have been declared absconders. The interior ministry is, however, yet to respond to the request.
Subsequently, the court ordered law enforcement agencies to arrest all the nominated suspects and present them on the next hearing on September 5.
Nawab Akbar Bugti was assassinated on August 26, 2006 in a military operation carried out on the orders of Pervez Musharraf.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 16th, 2012.
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What about the arrest warrants for those who are responsible for the death of those army officers and jawans who were killed during the performance of their duty in the operation against Bugti who had challanged the writ of the government. Though the case is just a hoax but proving beneficial for many a political parties like judiciary, PML-N, PPP and with the purpose of either preventing Musharraf from coming to the country or if he comes then humiliate the army by his incarceration.
This is nothing but a fresh wave of Judicial Victimization of the opponents! Pakistan's Judiciary has turned to be the biggest political force after military establishment.