Arrest warrant against Pervez Musharraf

Permanent arrest warrant against Musharraf

                           A Pakistani anti-terrorism court has issued a permanent non-bailable arrest warrant agianst former President Pervez Musharraf for failing to cooperate with investigators probing the 2007 assassination of ex-premier  Benazir Bhutto.
                         TheFederal Investigation Agency (FIA) told Judge Rana Nisar Ahmed of the Rawalpindi-based anti-terrorism court on Saturday that Musharraf had not appeared in court even after being issued summons and declared.

                        They asked the court to issue a permanent arrest warrant.

                       The judge issued a fresh and permanent non-bailable arrest warrant for Musharraf, currently living in self-exile outside Pakistan.

                        The prosecutors also asked the court to issue orders to confiscate Musharraf's moveable and immovable property.

                        The judge directed authorities to submit details of his assets at the next hearing and adjourned the case for two weeks.

                          The trial of five suspects, including a would-be suicide bomber, on charges of involvement in former premier Bhutto's killing has been held up for several months due to Musharraf's refusal to cooperate with investigators.

                           Investigators have alleged that Musharraf's regime had failed to provide adequate security to Bhutto after she returned to Pakistan from self-exile in 2007.

                            Bhutto was killed by a suicide bomber after she had addressed an election rally in Rawalpindi in December 2007.