Posts Tagged ‘Musharraf’

SC to form larger bench in BB murder FIR

The Supreme Court has issued notices to 12 people including Babar Awan, Rehman Malik, Chaudhry Pervez Elahi, former president Pervez Musharraf and eight others in petition, seeking to lodge a new FIR in Benazir Bhutto assassination case. An SC bench headed by Chief Justice Itikhar Muhammad Chaudhry was hearing the petition. The CJ sought trial court record into BB murder case and ruled that a …

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PML-Q voted PPP govt in Balochistan at Musharrafs order: Shujaat

PML(Q) President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain said on Sunday that his party had supported the PPP government in Balochistan at Pervez Musharraf’s desire. Speaking at a press conference in Quetta, Shujaat said Pervez Musharraf had entered into an alliance with the PPP after the 2008 parliamentary elections. The Q-league, he said, had to vote for PPP candidate of chief ministership at the …

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Musharraf delays Pakistan return

Pakistan’s former president Pervez Musharraf has delayed his return home, the head of his party announced Friday after repeated threats by the country’s leadership that the ex-strongman would be arrested upon arrival.

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Musharraf will “certainly” be arrested if he returns: Gilani

DAVOS: Pakistan’s former president Pervez Musharraf will “certainly” be arrested if he returns to Pakistan, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said Friday. “In fact there had been murder charges against him, and there had even been some very grave charges against him, and the Supreme Court had already given a verdict against him,” Gilani told [...]

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Musharraf gives no new date for return

DUBAI  – Former president Pervez Musharraf has delayed his return home, the head of his party announced Friday after repeated threats by the country’s leadership that the ex-strongman would be arrested upon arrival.
“He finally decided today that he would accept the recommendations” of the executive committee of the All Pakistan Muslim League party to delay his return, …

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Musharraf may be returning to his own grief

ISLAMABAD, Jan 24: Former president Gen Pervez Musharraf’s heroics in coming back to Pakistan could prove another misadventure for him.

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Nisar urges SC to investigate ISI’s role

ISLAMABAD  – Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Tuesday urged Supreme Court to investigate the Inter Service Intelligence’s (ISI) present role and the role played by it during Musharraf’s era, reported a private TV channel.
He said that if Supreme Court could reopen a 23-year old case then why it could not investigate the role played by the …

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MQM has reservations over Senate resolution against Musharraf

The Muttahida Qaumi Movemnet (MQM) has reservations over the resolution passed by the Senate against former president Pervez Musharraf and will protest against the move during next session , a private television channel reported on Tuesday. Report says, the MQM wants resolution against all the military dictators and their allies who had been ruling the country.

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Senate votes for Mush treason trial

ISLAMABAD – The Upper House of the Parliament Monday unanimously adopted a resolution asking the federal government to institute a case against military dictator and former president Pervez Musharraf under Article 6 of the Constitution and arrest him immediately on his arrival in the country.
Lawmakers both from the treasury as well as the opposition benches including Professor Khurshid Ahmed, …

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NAB highups get notices for sale of Mush-era embassies

LAHORE – The National Accountability Bureau’s failure to probe into a scandal of illegal sale of properties of Pakistani embassies in Japan and Indonesia by Pervez Musharraf and his blue-eyed Major General, induced a citizen on Monday to approach the Lahore High Court once again for directions to investigate the embezzlements.
Earlier in April 2011, the LHC directed the NAB …

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ATC rejects Sahiba’s plea

RAWALPINDI – Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) Judge Shahid Raffique on Saturday postponed the hearing till Monday (tomorrow) of a plea seeking to declare former president General (r) Pervez Musharraf as a proclaimed offender and freezing his bank accounts for his involvement in Benazir Bhutto’s murder, owing to absence of the defence counsel.
The court also recorded the statements of two …

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Hearing of Sehba Musharraf’s plea adjourned till Jan 23

An Anti Terrorism Court (ATC) of Rawalpindi rejected Sehba’s Musharraf petition against declaring Musharraf as an absconder.
ATC No 1, Rawalpindi judge Shahid Rafique Saturday heard the petition filed by Sehba Musharraf against verdict that declared her spouse as an absconder in Benazir Bhutto murder case. The court expressed annoyance over the absence of petitioner’s counsel Fawad …

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Musharraf not seeking help to avoid arrest, Pak civilian aid continues: State Deptt

The United States has denied reports that Pakistan’s former military dictator president Pervez Musharraf had sought a meeting with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton over his return to Pakistan.
State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland said on Thursday that Musharraf was not asking for favours from US officials to avoid arrest in Pakistan.
Musharraf had announced in a telephonic address to a …

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Musharraf to consult with party on Pakistan return

LONDON: Former Pakistani military ruler Pervez Musharaf said Thursday he would consult with members of his party before deciding whether to delay his return from exile later this month. Speaking from Britain after friends and supporters in Pakistan advised him to stay away for his safety, Musharraf said he wanted to stick to his plan [...]

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Musharraf takes a U-turn; delays return to Pakistan

Former military rulers and All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) chief Pervez Musharraf on Thursday took a U-turn on his homecoming and announced a delay in his programme to come back to Pakistan.
The decision comes after he consulted party members on his return plans. Earlier it had been announced that Musharraf will arrive in Pakistan between January 27 to 30, 2012.
Sources said that Musharraf …

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Musharraf may delay return to Pakistan: aide

Former military ruler Pervez Musharraf may delay his planned return from self-imposed exile after Islamabad warned that he would be arrested, a close aide said on Thursday.

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Musharraf to be arrested upon return: Malik

Pakistan will arrest former military ruler Pervez Musharraf should he return as announced at the end of the month from three years of self-imposed exile, the interior minister said Wednesday.

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