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Investigators Monday requested an Anti-Terrorism Court Monday to declare former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf absconder in assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto prosecutors said
Islamabad (IRNA) - Investigators Monday requested an Anti-Terrorism Court Monday to declare former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf absconder in assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, prosecutors said.
Benazir Bhutto, the two times Prime Minister of Pakistan, was killed in firing and suicide attack in the garrison city of Rawalpindi in December 2007 when Musharraf was ruling the country.
The Musharraf government had blamed then Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsood for Benazir’s killing, the charge denied by Pakistani Taliban.
No group has so far claimed responsibility for the killing of Benazir Bhutto.
The investigators Monday presented a report in the court in Rawalpindi, listing Musharraf as one of the accused in the case. The documents said that Pervez Musharraf had been issuing instructions to then two senior police officers, responsible for the security of Benazir Bhutto.
FIA prosecutor Chaudhry Zulfiqar told the court that Musharraf had been named as an 'absconding accused' as he has shown lack of cooperation.
A UN inquiry report said last year that attack on Benazir Bhutto could be averted if tight security measures had been taken.
The anti-terrorism court is conducting the trial of five suspects, including members of the banned Tehrik-e- Taliban Pakistan, who have been charged with planning and facilitating the assassination. All have denied any involvement.
A prosecutor for the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) told the court that Musharraf had been called several times in connection with the investigation but he did not appear and he has been declared absconder.
The prosecutor requested the court to declare Musharraf as absconder until the next hearing on February 12, and if he failed to appear the court, he should be declared proclaimed offender.
The investigators also produced forensic report of Benazir Bhutto’s BlackBerry phone, she had used on the day of her murder.
Mushararf will adopt legal path after he received a formal summon from the court, spokesman Barrister Muhammad Ali Saif said.
A spokesman for President Musharraf dismissed the FIA report as a politically motivated move and said it is aimed at hiding the real causes of the murder of Benazir Bhutto.
Musharraf, who has been living in self-exile in Britain since April 2009, has said that he intends to return to Pakistan before the next general election in 2013. He has also formed a new party, the All Pakistan Muslim League, with an eye to the next polls./end
Benazir Bhutto, the two times Prime Minister of Pakistan, was killed in firing and suicide attack in the garrison city of Rawalpindi in December 2007 when Musharraf was ruling the country.
The Musharraf government had blamed then Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsood for Benazir’s killing, the charge denied by Pakistani Taliban.
No group has so far claimed responsibility for the killing of Benazir Bhutto.
The investigators Monday presented a report in the court in Rawalpindi, listing Musharraf as one of the accused in the case. The documents said that Pervez Musharraf had been issuing instructions to then two senior police officers, responsible for the security of Benazir Bhutto.
FIA prosecutor Chaudhry Zulfiqar told the court that Musharraf had been named as an 'absconding accused' as he has shown lack of cooperation.
A UN inquiry report said last year that attack on Benazir Bhutto could be averted if tight security measures had been taken.
The anti-terrorism court is conducting the trial of five suspects, including members of the banned Tehrik-e- Taliban Pakistan, who have been charged with planning and facilitating the assassination. All have denied any involvement.
A prosecutor for the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) told the court that Musharraf had been called several times in connection with the investigation but he did not appear and he has been declared absconder.
The prosecutor requested the court to declare Musharraf as absconder until the next hearing on February 12, and if he failed to appear the court, he should be declared proclaimed offender.
The investigators also produced forensic report of Benazir Bhutto’s BlackBerry phone, she had used on the day of her murder.
Mushararf will adopt legal path after he received a formal summon from the court, spokesman Barrister Muhammad Ali Saif said.
A spokesman for President Musharraf dismissed the FIA report as a politically motivated move and said it is aimed at hiding the real causes of the murder of Benazir Bhutto.
Musharraf, who has been living in self-exile in Britain since April 2009, has said that he intends to return to Pakistan before the next general election in 2013. He has also formed a new party, the All Pakistan Muslim League, with an eye to the next polls./end
