Pakistan’s Musharraf Granted Bail In Judge’s Detention Case

Islamabad, June 12, IRNA -- A Pakistani high court on Tuesday granted bail to former President Pervez Musharraf in the judges’ detention case, local media reported. The Islamabad High Court directed the former military ruler to deposit surety bonds worth rupees 500,000. The case was registered against Musharraf on August 11, 2009 on the complaint of a local advocate Chaudhry Mohammad Aslam Ghumman for confining over 60 judges of the superior courts after imposing an emergency on November 3, 2007. Moreover, an anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Quetta has rejected Musharrafˈs bail application in tribal elder Akbar Bugti’s murder case. Quetta ATC judge Mohammad Ismail Baloch also rejected Musharraf’s plea to shift the case before the ATC in Islamabad. Earlier on Monday, Musharrafˈs lawyer, Muhammad Ilyas, had submitted an application before ATC judge seeking bail in Nawab Bugtiˈs case. The court had reserved its judgment on the bail application. Nawabzada Jamil Bugti,a son of Akbar Bugti, had nominated Musharraf, former prime minister Shaukat Aziz, former interior minister Aftab Sherpao, former governor Balochistan Owais Ahmed Ghani in his fatherˈs murder. Balochistan High Court and other subordinate courts have already issued non-bailable arrest warrants of Pervez Musharraf and Shaukat Aziz. Bugti was killed in a cave in Chalgri area of Bhamboor hills of Dera Bugti district on August 26, 2006 during a military crackdown ordered by Musharraf who was president and army chief at the time./end