Pakistani court instructed the murder of the former first minister Benazir Bhutto has issued an arrest warrant against former President Pervez Musharraf. An anti-terrorism court in Rawalpindi, a city near Islamabad, has taken this decision after receiving a statement of objections raised by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), have informed Pakistani television channels.
In the document, the FIA declared as "fugitive" the former head of the Army and accused him of failing to protect Bhutto's life. The former first minister Pakistani opposition leader died on December 27, 2007 victim of a suicide bomber, following an election rally of his party. Bhutto sought to head back the Government of Pakistan as it was one of the candidates for prime minister in parliamentary elections scheduled for January 8 this year.
Legal sources consulted by Efe agency explained that Musharraf's lawyer can go now to a higher court to order bail or otherwise, must be arrested if they return to Pakistan. The former general is in voluntary exile in London but travels frequently to lecture, has founded a new party and has made clear his intention to return to Pakistan.
With the arrest warrant the judge intended to Musharraf to appear before the anti-terrorism court, which will hold another hearing next 19 days, has informed the string "Express." The FIA believes that Musharraf tried to "justify the failure" when it comes to providing protection for Bhutto twice.
The first, in the terrorist attack, which came out unscathed, which took place in southern Karachi when the former prime minister returned from exile. The second, in the attack that ended his life two months later. The anti-terrorism court on Monday and accepted the charge against Musharraf made by the FIA, which argues that one of the police recently arrested for alleged negligence in connection with the case said that the former general was the issuing of all relevant orders.
The former police chief of Rawalpindi Saud Aziz, detained since last December, claimed that Musharraf was responsible for the security of Bhutto at the rally where he was killed. The UN commission investigating the death of the leader of the People's Party (PPP) last April blamed the Musharraf regime for not having provided adequate security and accused authorities of failing to have done research for a "deliberate ".
The UN report charged that the Rawalpindi Police inflicted "irreparable harm to research" the watering place of the crime and not to preserve physical evidence at the scene. Musharraf's government blamed the Taliban for the murder of Bhutto, the country although many theories circulating about a conspiracy.
In the document, the FIA declared as "fugitive" the former head of the Army and accused him of failing to protect Bhutto's life. The former first minister Pakistani opposition leader died on December 27, 2007 victim of a suicide bomber, following an election rally of his party. Bhutto sought to head back the Government of Pakistan as it was one of the candidates for prime minister in parliamentary elections scheduled for January 8 this year.
Legal sources consulted by Efe agency explained that Musharraf's lawyer can go now to a higher court to order bail or otherwise, must be arrested if they return to Pakistan. The former general is in voluntary exile in London but travels frequently to lecture, has founded a new party and has made clear his intention to return to Pakistan.
With the arrest warrant the judge intended to Musharraf to appear before the anti-terrorism court, which will hold another hearing next 19 days, has informed the string "Express." The FIA believes that Musharraf tried to "justify the failure" when it comes to providing protection for Bhutto twice.
The first, in the terrorist attack, which came out unscathed, which took place in southern Karachi when the former prime minister returned from exile. The second, in the attack that ended his life two months later. The anti-terrorism court on Monday and accepted the charge against Musharraf made by the FIA, which argues that one of the police recently arrested for alleged negligence in connection with the case said that the former general was the issuing of all relevant orders.
The former police chief of Rawalpindi Saud Aziz, detained since last December, claimed that Musharraf was responsible for the security of Bhutto at the rally where he was killed. The UN commission investigating the death of the leader of the People's Party (PPP) last April blamed the Musharraf regime for not having provided adequate security and accused authorities of failing to have done research for a "deliberate ".
The UN report charged that the Rawalpindi Police inflicted "irreparable harm to research" the watering place of the crime and not to preserve physical evidence at the scene. Musharraf's government blamed the Taliban for the murder of Bhutto, the country although many theories circulating about a conspiracy.
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