Rasheed Ghazi murder: Court grants 14-day judicial remand of Musharraf
IHC dismissed a request to put the name of former dictator Pervez Musharraf on ECL.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - A local court on Friday approved a plea seeking 14-day judicial remand for former military ruler Gen (redt) Pervez Musharraf in the murder case of Lal Masjid cleric Abdul Rasheed Ghazi.
However, the court exempted the former dictator, who is detained in his Chak Shehzad villa, from personal appearance due to security reasons.
Musharraf was arrested upon his return on charges related to his period in office, including assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, veteran Baloch leader Nawaz Akbar Khan Bugti and Abdul Rasheed Ghazi. He has also been been facing a case for deposing judges.
Meanwhile, Islamabad High Court dismissed a request to put the name of former dictator Pervez Musharraf on the Exit Control List (ECL).
Justice Riaz Ahmed Khan rejected the petition which was filed by Haroon Rasheed Ghazi, son of slain Lal Masjid deputy cleric Maulana Abdul Rashid Ghazi. The petition sought court direction to put Musharraf’s name on ECL, citing he is set to leave the country after Supreme Court (SC) had accepted his bail in Akbar Bughti murder case.
Counsel for the petitioner Advocate Tariq Asad maintained that Musharraf is set to leave the country after Eidul Azha. He said that the anti terrorism court (ATC) had already granted him bail in two cases – Benazir Bhutto murder case and judge’s detention case but the first information report (FIR) was registered against him for initiating Lal Masjid operation in 2007.
