Order Declaring Musharraf Proclaimed Offender Challenged

Islamabad, Jan 8, IRNA – Wife of a former military President Pervez Musharraf has challenged a court order that declared her husband a proclaimed offender, local media reported on Saturday. Sehba Musharraf filed a petition in this regard in Rawalpindi’s anti-terrorist court. The petition says that Musharraf was declared a proclaimed offender in a faulty manner and on the basis of invalid sections and provisions. Musharraf, who has been living in self exile for nearly three years, is planning to return to Pakistan on January 25 or 27 to lead a political party he had formed in exile. The petition further added that the court had used Section 87 against Musharraf. However, since Musharraf was residing outside Pakistan before the case began, the court should have referred to Section 93 in order to act against him, the petition says. An Anti-Terrorist Special Court had declared Pervez Musharraf a proclaimed offender in Benazir Bhutto murder case and ordered publicizing it in the newspapers./end