File photo of former President Pervez Musharraf. PHOTO: AFP/ FILE
In 2011, during a trial of the Benazir Bhutto murder case, the Anti Terrorism Court declared Musharraf a proclaimed offender.
Musharraf’s bank accounts were frozen and his property taken over by the courts. Sehba had filed an application against the court’s order.
Sehba said since her husband gifted their farm house in Islamabad to her, the court illegally ordered its confiscation. She also mentioned in her application, that the money in their bank accounts were reserved for the welfare of the general population, hence they cannot be frozen.
After toppling the Nawaz Sharif-led government in 1999, Musharraf got himself elected as the President of Pakistan in an army uniform and stepped down from office in 2008. Since then, Musharraf has been in a self-imposed exile.
Earlier, Pakistani courts had served him legal notices and issued arrest warrants on his name in connection to the Lal Masjid operation and the killings of Baloch leader Nawab Akber Bugti in 2006 and former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in 2007.
Musharraf is now the chairman of his own political party All Pakistan Muslim League (APML). In the past, he has said that he would contest elections from Chitral.
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best 5 years of pakistan--------200-2005.
@mariya , Don't live in a fool's paradice . Be realistic , Can your courts go beyond the leagal bindings . Musarraf is still hero and will remain a hero when he will return to Pakistan . His grip on Pakistan is still visible . His post election role in shaping the destiny of country can't be over looked .
@Maria: You try very hard! But without any logic or proof!
@ Rasool SK, This Kargil Hero has actually eliminated five thousand terrorists in one stroke who were adament to snatch Kashmir from India through arm struggle and open a way to solve this contencious issue across the table through negociation . Now defeat at Kargle made it clear to the people of Pakistan that arm rivalary with India on the name of Kashmir is the root couse of present pathatic condition of the country .It would be better to be slave of India rather than to be slave of rest of the world . Though India has always treated Pakistan as younger brother and wanted to have relation on equal footing , that is why returned about one lac captured soldier in 1971 without any precondition otherwise the issue of Kashmir would have solved four decade ago . Musarraf has realzed the fact that now India can not be devided once again on the name of religion as Kashmir also belong to 20 million Indian muslims. Hence the issue is now satteled and we should develop good and healthy relation in all fields with India to realise a stable and prosperous new Pakistan blessed with secular mentality .
If the money is for the Pakistani awaam, why is it her personal name? She should have opened a trust fund with that amount?
@Multan: The courts should confiscate all the money illegally taken by Musharraf, Shaukat Aziz and their cronies and use it as partial compensation for all the innocent people who were killed because of this dictator's policies in 9 years of rule. Musharraf alone is responsible for all of Pakistan's current problems which will take 2 or 3 elected governments to fix.
This Kargil hero made five thousand soldiers martyrs without a reason nor benefit to Pakistan. His assets should be confiscated and distributed to the families of those soldiers.
Why he is comming pakistan? He should go kargil ( across d border) HE WON THE KARGIL ;-)
@liaqat ali: Article 6 also applies to anyone who aids in violating the constitution. So how about the judiciary and politicians who colluded with all dictators including Zia ul Haq.
Instead going after petty, GOP should file a case against him for abrogating the constitution twice.And orchestrating Kargil while peace deal with India was under hot discussion.He desrves nothing less than hanging for these two cases only.I wiould say the same for other past dictators if they were alive.
plz CJ keep sleeping on all Nawaz shareif cases
he should not come back , butchers are waiting for him !
The courts are working in interests of a few families. The person who worked for poors and braught prosperity to the country is being targetted by the courts. The courts are OK with unconstitutional appoints of four members of the election commission as well as looting of the political parties in the center and in the provinces.
Farm house gifted to wife by the husband and thus courts can't confiscate it? Why not? Money in Musharraf family accounts is for the welfare of people! Lol! Please make fool of us Pakistanis more.
Will the courts apply the same rules to Ayub, Yahya and more importantly Zia ul Haq? After all their families continue to thrive in Pakistan!
the court is partail against musharraf