Letter dispatched: Govt requests Interpol to arrest Musharraf
Second letter includes arrest warrants, pieces of evidence.
RAWALPINDI:
The government dispatched another letter to the International Police (Interpol) on Thursday, requesting them to arrest former president Pervez Musharraf, who had been declared a proclaimed offender in the Benazir Bhutto murder case.
The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), which has been investigating the case, attached arrest warrants for the ex-president as well as some pieces of evidence, with the letter.
The Interpol’s office in France had earlier returned a similar request by the FIA, saying that incriminating material should be forwarded.
The evidence dispatched with the letter on Thursday included a statement by US Journalist Mark Siegel and records of emails sent by Musharraf to former premier Benazir Bhutto.
Speaking to The Express Tribune, FIA Special Public Prosecutor Chaudhry Zulfiqar Ali confirmed that the letter had been dispatched.
Earlier, the UK government also denied the Pakistan government’s request to repatriate Musharraf as he was wanted in the case. UK authorities had said that there was no treaty between the two countries for the repatriation.
The agency had told a trial court hearing the case that Musharraf was found guilty of not providing enough security to Bhutto. Investigators had further claimed that the former president had been accused of threatening Bhutto.
The government dispatched another letter to the International Police (Interpol) on Thursday, requesting them to arrest former president Pervez Musharraf, who had been declared a proclaimed offender in the Benazir Bhutto murder case.
The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), which has been investigating the case, attached arrest warrants for the ex-president as well as some pieces of evidence, with the letter.
The Interpol’s office in France had earlier returned a similar request by the FIA, saying that incriminating material should be forwarded.
The evidence dispatched with the letter on Thursday included a statement by US Journalist Mark Siegel and records of emails sent by Musharraf to former premier Benazir Bhutto.
Speaking to The Express Tribune, FIA Special Public Prosecutor Chaudhry Zulfiqar Ali confirmed that the letter had been dispatched.
Earlier, the UK government also denied the Pakistan government’s request to repatriate Musharraf as he was wanted in the case. UK authorities had said that there was no treaty between the two countries for the repatriation.
The agency had told a trial court hearing the case that Musharraf was found guilty of not providing enough security to Bhutto. Investigators had further claimed that the former president had been accused of threatening Bhutto.