Pakistan

Ghazi murder case: Non-bailable arrest warrant issued for Musharraf

If Musharraf fails to appear in court, police will escort him and bring him to the court on July 24

Rizwan Shehzad June 19, 2015

PHOTO: INP

ISLAMABAD: A district and sessions court issued on Friday non-bailable warrants of arrest against former president Pervez Musharraf in connection with the murder case of Lal Masjid’s cleric Ghazi Abdul Rasheed.

District and Session Judge Kamran Busharat Mufti also rejected Musharraf's plea to be exempted from appearing in court.

Read: IHC issues non-bailable arrest warrant for Musharraf

The court also stated that if Musharraf fails to appear before court, police will escort him and bring him to court on July 24.

Earlier on Thursday, a district and sessions court reserved its verdict on Musharraf's exemption application in the murder case of Ghazi Abdul Rasheed.

District and sessions judge Kamran Basharat Mufti, reserved the verdict after both the parties concluded their arguments on the application seeking exemption from appearance in the case.

Musharraf's counsel Malik Tahir Mehmood said that court has inheritance power and it was authorised to exempt any suspect from appearance. In his application filed under several sections of the Criminal Procedure Code, Mehmood said that it was up to court to grant exemption in the case.

He added that the police have also shown Musharraf's name in column two of the charge sheet and he should be granted bail and exemption in the case.

Read: Case registered against Musharraf

Tariq Asad, the counsel for Rasheed family, opposed the requests saying that the suspect deliberately did not appear before the court despite several notices. He said that if the suspect was granted exemption on medical grounds then how come he was frequently attending different TV shows. He requested the court to issue non-bailable warrants for the suspect.

Following the arguments, the court reserved the verdict for June 19.

In 2013, the Islamabad police registered a case against Musharraf over the alleged murder of Rasheed and his mother during the Lal Masjid military operation.

The case was filed after Haroon Rasheed, Ghazi’s son, submitted an application at the Aabpara Police Station after registering an FIR against the former president. In the application, Haroon had referred to about 20 pages of the Lal Masjid Commission report, which held the former president responsible for the operation.

COMMENTS (17)

reader | 9 years ago | Reply What is my naseeb that I am born in a country where the economic heroes are treated like this, for taking action against criminals and terrorists... And the economic criminals and terrorists themselves roam the world and give open talks about destroying the country "brick by brick". What is my naseeb that such is the country I am born in... Could not I have been born in a less unjust country?

Pakistani | 9 years ago | Reply Look at this psychotic nation.In any other country doing something like this would be impossible.The only reason this is happening is because these idiots have a personal grudge against musharaff.After the peshwar incident the army won't and Shouldnt tolerate this kind of stupidity

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TooTrue | 9 years ago | Reply There are many sins that can be laid at the door of the general: illegally toppling an elected civilian government; involvement in Kargil without his government's approval; amassing assets beyond his means. But HE IS NOT GUILTY of the killing of this terrorist. They were holding a city hostage what was the government supposed to do? Musharraf should get a medal for that operation but he didn't go far enough. If the place had been raised to the ground and the cross-dressing mullah had died with his brother we wouldn't be facing that menace again.

Saad | 9 years ago | Reply Oh the irony is not lost on us. You're trying a man for allowing the operation yet the man who incited violence against innocents and supported the TTP in conducting suicide bombings gets to walk free and deliver sermons. What a joke of a judicial system.

Ch. Allah Daad | 9 years ago | Reply @M HUSSAIN: I pray not only General Raheel, no other General should face any trouble after retirement. All those who are praising present Generals would change in seconds when their favourite ones falls from grace. Remember, during Lal Masjid crises, the first to jump off the ship was Chaudhry Shujat and his clan who said that its problem of army and terrorists.

Ch. Allah Daad | 9 years ago | Reply Why didn't Musharaf's ;lawyer tell court that his client is above the law. If Musharaf can abrogate constitution twice and send thousands of our brave soldiers to die on mountains and then refuse to accept their bodies, murder of one Mullah was just a piece of cake for him.

J.A.G | 9 years ago | Reply And who is being held responsible for the killings of 14 commandos at Lal Masjid encounter, or may be 14 commando lives are not that important.

M HUSSAIN | 9 years ago | Reply I WISH AND PRAY THAT GENERAL RAHIL SHARIF MAY NOT FACE SAME FATE AFTER RETIREMENT?

Zain | 9 years ago | Reply Such a shame- a person who did so much for the country is under trial for a person who was a fanatic

Baigal | 9 years ago | Reply @Tight Patloon: What a joke

Haroon | 9 years ago | Reply If Muaharaf is being tried for lal masjid, then why Nawaz Sharif is not tried for Model Town? Both being head of states when the incidents happened.

aysha | 9 years ago | Reply That operation was fully justified. The army asked everyone to evacuate the premises, why didn't they evacuate when they had nothing to hide. Instead they decided to take up arms against the army of their country. How this 'murder' case is even registered and still going is beyond me. This is why an honest brave man can never run our country. This is what he gets for trying to get rid of harmful elements. Very sad!

ali | 9 years ago | Reply lets see...

Disgusting | 9 years ago | Reply This is the real face of our democracy. On the one hand Armed Forces are fighting terrorism and on the other hand Politicians in power allover except KPK are protecting them. How could Nawaz Sharif say he is not against the Armed Forces? He is and has always been.

Tight Patloon | 9 years ago | Reply Good Pervez Mush was threatening India and now see how India took revenge on him.

Syedpk | 9 years ago | Reply One of the right things Musharraf did.... his fault ... he left the burka avenger aka Abdul Aziz to live.

Parvez | 9 years ago | Reply Musharraf should be punished.......for not completing the job on the Lal Masjid. His half hearted, one step forwards two steps back policy was his undoing.

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