Saturday 12 February 2011

Bhutto assassination: Arrest warrant issued against Musharraf

An Anti Terrorism Court (ATC) has issued a warrant for the arrest of former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf in the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, a media report said on Saturday. According to Geo TV, the warrant was issued by the anti terrorism court in
Rawalpindi.

The former military dictator was aware that the Taliban was plotting to kill Bhutto, but he did not pass on the information to the authorities concerned, said a team probing the 2007 assassination of Benazir Bhutto.
The Joint Investigation Team (JIT) found that Musharraf knew that Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan chief Baitullah Mehsud was plotting the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, but withheld that information from agencies concerned, the Dawn reported on Thursday.
Sources said that JIT head Khalid Qureshi has briefed interior ministry officials about the challan submitted by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) in Rawalpindi's ATC earlier this week.
The challan contained 12 charges against Musharraf.
Bhutto was assassinated Dec 27, 2007, as she was leaving Liaquat Bagh in a motorcade after addressing an election rally in Rawalpindi, the twin city of Islamabad capital. A teenaged shooter was seen aiming for her head in the CCTV footage before a powerful suicide blast killed at least 24 people participating in the rally.
Musharraf's name was added to the list following a statement of former Rawalpindi city police
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