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Summary ATC has issued arrest warrants for Pervaiz Musharraf, Shaukhat Aziz in Akbar Bugti murder case.
The court also issued arrest warrants for former Interior Minister Aftab Sherpao, former Governor Balochistan Owais Ahmed Ghani, former Chief Minister Balochistan Jam Yousuf and the former Balochistan Home Minister.The court has also summoned all investigation officers on July 18.The hearing of the case has been adjourned till July 18. Akbar Bugti’s murder case was registered in Kohlu police station. The Sessions Court in Kohlu had sent this case through the High Court to the anti-terrorism court in Sibi on July 4.Musharraf is not the only high-profile accused in the case which was initially submitted for trial to the Kohlu sessions judge. In his FIR, Jamil Bugti nominated former prime minister Shaukat Aziz, former governor Owais Ghani, former chief minister Jam Muhammad Yousaf, former interior minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao and former provincial home minister Mir Shoaib Nosharwani for the killing as well.The prosecution has submitted 5,000 pages of documents in the case. If proven guilty, the accused can be given a death sentence.Hadi also said that the police had not recorded the statements of former prime minister Aziz and the ministers who had discussed the planned assassination in 2006 in Islamabad.The counsel particularly named Sherpao, who, according to Hadi, was involved in the assassination plot.“We are not aware about the statements of Sherpao, Ghani and Nosharwani that they have reportedly made during police investigations. The police still remain unable to record the statements of Musharraf, Aziz and Yousaf, as all them are absconding in the case,” he said.Hadi added that none of the accused had been arrested despite a clear directive from the High Court. According to press reports, all of the accused except Musharraf and Aziz have been granted bail by different courts without any notice served to the complainant, Hadi said.“It is apparent from the circumstantial evidence that all the accused are being protected by the government so that no one is punished for the crime,” he added. Earlier, the sessions judge of Kohlu had referred the case to Sibi after receiving the charge sheet from the prosecution, according to the acting District Police Officer (DPO) Abdullah Jan Afridi.
