Pakistan issues arrest warrant for Pervez Musharraf

I agree with Colin.

I don't think he'll be arrested. If the leads go towards him, he'd have been arrested earlier as our current m...f...er president had told before he knew who is the murderer.

They are just mocking with the nation by issuing the f... arrest warrant.

May GOD ruin the Pakistan, amen.
 
Pakistan Court Orders Musharraf Arrest...
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Pakistan's Musharraf on the run after arrest order
18 Apr.`13 — Former Pakistani military ruler Pervez Musharraf and his security team pushed past policemen and sped away from a court in the country's capital on Thursday to avoid arrest after his bail was revoked in a case in which he is accused of treason.
Local TV broadcast footage of the dramatic scene in which Musharraf jumped into a black SUV and escaped as a member of his security team hung to the side of the vehicle. He sped away to his large compound on the outskirts of Islamabad that is protected by high walls, razor wire and guard towers. This week has gone from bad to worse for Musharraf, who seized power in a coup in 1999 when he was serving as army chief and spent nearly a decade in power before being forced to step down in 2008. He returned last month after four years in self-imposed exile to make a political comeback despite legal challenges and Taliban death threats, but has since faced paltry public support.

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Pakistan's former President and military ruler Pervez Musharraf arrives under tight security to address his party supporters at his house in Islamabad, Pakistan. Musharraf and his security team pushed past policemen and sped away from a court in the country’s capital on Thursday after his bail was revoked in a case in which he is accused of treason.

A court in the northwestern city of Peshawar on Tuesday disqualified Musharraf from running in the parliamentary election scheduled for May 11, likely squashing his hopes for political comeback. The case before the Islamabad High Court on Thursday involved Musharraf's decision in 2007 to detain senior judges, including the chief justice of the Supreme Court, when he declared a state of emergency and suspended the constitution. The decision outraged many Pakistanis, and further fueled a nationwide protest movement by lawyers that eventually resulted in Musharraf stepping down under the threat of impeachment.

Lawyers shouted, "Look who is running, Musharraf is running!" as Musharraf fled the court Thursday. Before he returned to the country, Musharraf obtained pre-arrest bail for the judges' case and two others, meaning he could not be arrested when he landed — a feature of Pakistan's legal system. The Islamabad High Court refused to extend that bail on Thursday and ordered his arrest, said police officer Ali Asghar. The court previously agreed to extend his bail in the case for six days on April 12. The same judge rejected a further bail extension Thursday, saying the case was "too serious" and must proceed, said one of Musharraf's lawyers, Malik Qamar Afzal.

Policemen were deployed at the court who could have detained the former military ruler, but he managed to escape, said Asghar, the police officer. Many of the policemen and paramilitary soldiers at the court did not seem to try to prevent Musharraf from leaving as he pushed past them. Another of Musharraf's lawyers, Ahmad Raza Kasuri, complained that the court didn't listen to their arguments. "It is a one-sided decision," said Kasuri.

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Musharraf flees after court orders arrest
18 April 2013: Former Pakistani military ruler Pervez Musharraf today fled a court amid high drama after judges ordered his immediate arrest for treason, dealing a fresh blow to his plans to stage a political comeback in next month's general elections.
His arrest appeared imminent after his lawyers failed to file an appeal in the Supreme Court against the Islamabad High Court's order for his arrest. Mr Musharraf, who returned to Pakistan on 24 March after a nearly four-year long self-imposed exile abroad to contest the 11 May general elections, is currently holed up in his Chak Shahzad farmhouse on the outskirts of the federal capital. Police in large numbers have reached the farmhouse. Mr Musharraf, 69, who appeared in High Court this morning to seek extension of his interim bail, was whisked away by his bodyguards, all army commandos, before the police could take him into custody after the court rejected his plea in the case relating to sacking of 60 judges during his emergency rule in 2007. He faces allegations of subverting the constitution by declaring emergency and hence committed treason.

Mr Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui ordered police to arrest him immediately. Even as police tried to reach the former President, his bodyguards rushed him out of the courtroom to his black SUV. Musharraf's motorcade then drove out of the court complex before police could act. A large contingent of police and paramilitary personnel deployed at the complex to provide security to Musharraf also did not act as the former dictator's security team of army commandos escorted him out of the courtroom. Musharraf's convoy drove from the court to his farmhouse at on the outskirts of Islamabad. As the former military ruler's arrest appeared imminent, Mohammad Amjad, a senior leader of his All Pakistan Muslim League party, said a team of legal experts was examining the court's order.

Mr Amjad said Musharraf will act according to the law and if the legal experts deemed it necessary, he would surrender to the authorities. Soon after Mr Musharraf returned to his farmhouse, a contingent of Pakistan Rangers personnel deployed to protect him left the residence. Some analysts contended this was a sign that the security establishment would not back Mr Musharraf. Sources said that the government was considering a proposal to declare Mr Musharraf's farmhouse a “sub-jail” so that he could be detained at his residence. The authorities believe it would be better to hold Mr Musharraf at his farmhouse in view of serious threats to his life, the sources said.

Last week, Mr Musharraf was granted interim bail for six days after he surrendered to the Islamabad High Court in connection with the case over the detention of judges in 2007. The same court had earlier declared him a “proclaimed offender” or fugitive in the case. During today's hearing, Deputy Attorney General Tariq Mehmood Jahangir told the court that Mr Musharraf had been granted interim bail on the condition that he would cooperate with police officials investigating the case. Mr Justice Siddiqui said that Mr Musharraf had been accused of destroying the judicial system and he was bound to cooperate in the investigation. The judge was then told by the investigating officer that Mr Musharraf had not come to the police station or cooperated with the probe.

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Pervez Musharraf Arrested In Islamabad...
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Musharraf in police cusody in Pakistan
Friday 19 April 2013 - The former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf is taken into police custody in Islamabad after fleeing a court which had ordered his detention.
Musharraf, who is attempting a political comeback in parliamentary elections after returning from self-imposed exile, had been under house arrest at his home in the Pakistani capital before he was taken away. His spokesman Mohammed Amjad said he would spend two days on remand at police headquarters before appearing in front of a court. Mr Amjad said police moved the former president because a senior police official had failed to issue the paperwork needed to comply with a judge's order that he should be detained at home.

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Yesterday, Musharraf left an Islamabad court in a speeding vehicle following a judge's rejection of his bail application. The former military ruler said on his Facebook page: "These allegations are politically motivated, and I will fight them in the trial court, where the truth will eventually prevail." Pervez Musharraf appeared before a court in Islamabad this morning. The judge ordered police to keep him in custody for two days, after which he would appear before an anti-terrorism court. The case centres on his attempt to have judges placed under house arrest in 2007.

Awkward situation

The decision by the police to arrest Musharraf ends an awkward situation in which he was being protected by security forces while holed up in his house. They are thought to have been awaiting orders from senior officials trying to figure out how to deal with the delicate situation. Pakistan's government has been reluctant to enter the controversy surrounding Musharraf since he returned last month, given his position as a former head of the army, which is considered the most powerful institution in the country.

His return also presents complications for the current army chief, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, who may have to decide whether to intervene to protect Musharraf or see him prosecuted. If Musharraf, 69, is sent to prison, it would be the first time an army chief has been put behind bars in the country's 65-year history. Musharraf seized control in a coup in 1999 and spent nearly a decade in power before being forced to step down in 2008.

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Pakistan's Musharraf lashes out after arrest
19 Apr.`13 — Former Pakistani military ruler Pervez Musharraf criticized allegations against him as "politically motivated" Friday, following his arrest in a case involving his decision to fire senior judges while in power.
Musharraf was arrested a day after he made a dramatic escape from a court in Islamabad on Thursday to avoid being detained. Musharraf fled the Islamabad High Court in a speeding vehicle and holed up in his home on the outskirts of the city after a judge rejected his bail and ordered his arrest. It was a new low in Musharraf's troubled return from self-imposed exile last month to attempt a political comeback in the upcoming parliamentary election. There were conflicting reports about how Musharraf was arrested Friday.

Police said they arrested Musharraf overnight from his home and delivered him to a magistrate in Islamabad on Friday morning. But the secretary general of Musharraf's party, Mohammed Amjad, claimed the former military ruler surrendered himself before the magistrate. Local TV video showed Musharraf entering the court surrounded by a heavy security detachment of police and paramilitary soldiers. The magistrate instructed police to keep Musharraf in their custody and present him before an anti-terrorism court, said one of his lawyers, Malik Qamar Afzal.

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Pakistan's former President and military ruler Pervez Musharraf addresses his party supporters at his house in Islamabad, Pakistan. Police arrested former Pakistani military ruler Pervez Musharraf overnight at his home in the capital, where he had holed up following a dramatic escape from court to avoid being detained, officials said Friday

Police then returned Musharraf to his home on the outskirts of Islamabad, where he was held for several hours under house arrest, said police officer Mohammed Rafique. He was later taken to a rest house the main police headquarters in Islamabad, where he will be held until he is presented before an anti-terrorism court, said two police officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief reporters. He is expected to appear before a court in the next 48 hours, they said. "These allegations are politically motivated, and I will fight them in the trial court, where the truth will eventually prevail," Musharraf said in a message posted on his Facebook page Friday after he was arrested.

Musharraf's arrest ended an awkward situation in which the former military ruler was being protected by security forces for hours while holed up in his house, but none of them made a move to detain him. They were likely awaiting orders from senior officials trying to figure out how to deal with the delicate situation. Pakistan's temporary caretaker government has been reluctant to wade into the controversy surrounding Musharraf since he returned last month, especially given his position as a former chief of the army, considered the most powerful institution in the country. His return also presents complications for the current army chief, Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, who may have to decide whether to intervene to protect Musharraf, sparking a new conflict with the judiciary, or watch him be prosecuted. If Musharraf is sent to prison, it would be the first time an army chief has been put behind bars in the country's 65-year history.

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Mushy inna heap o' trouble now...
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Pervez Musharraf arrested in Benazir Bhutto case
April 27, 2013 - PAKISTAN'S former military ruler Pervez Musharraf has been arrested over the murder of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, prosecutors say.
The Bhutto case is the second of three cases dating back to his 1999-2008 rule for which Mr Musharraf has been arrested. The latest arrest came a day after a Pakistani court refused to extend his bail. Mr Musharraf will remain in his villa on the edge of Islamabad, where he is already under a two-week house arrest over his decision to sack judges when he imposed emergency rule in 2007.

"Today, FIA (federal investigative agency) formally arrested General Musharraf in the Benazir Bhutto case," prosecution lawyer Chaudhry Azhar said. On Wednesday, a court in Rawalpindi, the garrison city twinned to Islamabad where Bhutto was killed, rejected Mr Musharraf's bail application.

Mr Musharraf is accused of conspiracy to murder Bhutto, who died in a gun and suicide attack in December 2007. Mr Musharraf's government blamed Bhutto's killing on the Pakistani Taliban.

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