Islamabad: A Pakistani court today rejected a police request seeking custody of embattled former President Pervez Musharraf and ordered them to produce him before it in connection with the murder of Ghazi Abdul Rasheed, commonly known as Lal Masjid case.
The magistrate told the police that remand can only be given in the presence of the suspect and ordered them to present the 70-year-old former military ruler before the court. Musharraf, who had secured his release yesterday following bail being granted in the Akbar Bugti murder case, found himself under arrest again last night on charges of murdering the 'prayer leader' of Lal Masjid, Abdul Rasheed during the infamous 2007 operation.
On orders from the Islamabad High Court, a case was finally registered against Musharraf on September 2 charging him with the murder of Abdul Rashid and his mother during the Lal Masjid operation, paving way for recent arrest.
In the application, Rasheed had referred to about 20 pages of the Lal Masjid Commission report, which held the former president responsible for the operation.
He had already received bail in the Benazir Bhutto assassination case and the judges' detention case.
Musharraf took power in a 1999 coup and ruled as President until he resigned when he was threatened with impeachment in 2008. He then went into self-imposed exile and returned to Pakistan in March in a bid to resurrect his political career.
The magistrate told the police that remand can only be given in the presence of the suspect and ordered them to present the 70-year-old former military ruler before the court. Musharraf, who had secured his release yesterday following bail being granted in the Akbar Bugti murder case, found himself under arrest again last night on charges of murdering the 'prayer leader' of Lal Masjid, Abdul Rasheed during the infamous 2007 operation.
On orders from the Islamabad High Court, a case was finally registered against Musharraf on September 2 charging him with the murder of Abdul Rashid and his mother during the Lal Masjid operation, paving way for recent arrest.
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In the application, Rasheed had referred to about 20 pages of the Lal Masjid Commission report, which held the former president responsible for the operation.
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He had already received bail in the Benazir Bhutto assassination case and the judges' detention case.
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Musharraf took power in a 1999 coup and ruled as President until he resigned when he was threatened with impeachment in 2008. He then went into self-imposed exile and returned to Pakistan in March in a bid to resurrect his political career.
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