Lahore:
Pakistan's former President Pervez Musharraf has summoned his legal team to Dubai to finalise a strategy to avert his possible arrest during his planned homecoming next month.
An anti-terrorism court in Rawalpindi has issued a permanent non-bailable arrest warrant for Musharraf for failing to cooperate with investigators probing the 2007 assassination of Benazir Bhutto.
The same court has ordered the seizure of his property and freezing of his bank accounts after declaring him a fugitive.
Musharraf's legal team is considering challenging several arrest warrants issued for the former military ruler in a High Court.
The team, comprising Muhammad Ali Saif, Ahmed Raza Kasuri, Fawad Chaudhry, Muaz Butt, Sadiq Mirza and Malik Shafiq, will hold a meeting with Musharraf in Dubai on December 26.
"Gen Musharraf has called his legal team to Dubai next week to finalise a strategy to deal with the looming threat of his arrest in the Benazir Bhutto case and other challenges he is expected to face on his return," Saif told PTI.
"Moving court against the anti-terrorism court's order is one option to get the former president relief in cases he is facing", he said.
If this fails, Saif said, "We will go for an all-out confrontation".
An anti-terrorism court in Rawalpindi has issued a permanent non-bailable arrest warrant for Musharraf for failing to cooperate with investigators probing the 2007 assassination of Benazir Bhutto.
The same court has ordered the seizure of his property and freezing of his bank accounts after declaring him a fugitive.
Musharraf's legal team is considering challenging several arrest warrants issued for the former military ruler in a High Court.
The team, comprising Muhammad Ali Saif, Ahmed Raza Kasuri, Fawad Chaudhry, Muaz Butt, Sadiq Mirza and Malik Shafiq, will hold a meeting with Musharraf in Dubai on December 26.
"Gen Musharraf has called his legal team to Dubai next week to finalise a strategy to deal with the looming threat of his arrest in the Benazir Bhutto case and other challenges he is expected to face on his return," Saif told PTI.
"Moving court against the anti-terrorism court's order is one option to get the former president relief in cases he is facing", he said.
If this fails, Saif said, "We will go for an all-out confrontation".
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