Recall his speech on arrival in Pakistan’, I have come, where are those who said I would not return to Pakistan?’
Run, Baby,Run!
By the way, where is the Indian Army Chief who called Musharraf ‘Brave”, while commenting on Musharraf’s illegal incursion into India before Kargil?
Story:
ISLAMABAD: Former Pakistani military rulerPervez Musharraf was on Thursday ordered to be arrested immediately by a court here over the sacking of 60 judges during emergency rule in 2007, but amid high drama he fled from the premises despite thick security blanket.
Musharraf, 69, who appeared in the Islamabadhigh court on Thursday morning to seek extension of his interim bail, was whisked away by his bodyguards, all commandos, before the police could take him into custody following the court order.
Rejecting his plea seeking extension of bail, Justice Shaukat AzizSiddiqui 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 Chak Shahzad on the outskirts of Islamabad, television channels reported.
General (retd) Pervez Musharraf on Thursday escaped from the premises of the Islamabad High Court after the cancellation of his bail application by Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui in the judges detention case.
Immediately after the bail cancellation, police tried to reach the former military ruler but he was escorted by his personal security, fleeing in his bullet-proof black four-wheeler.
A detailed verdict issued by the Islamabad High Court ordered for terrorism to be added to the list of charges against the former military ruler. The order further said that Musharraf’s exit from the court earlier during the day warranted for separate charges to be filed against him.
“Islamabad High Court has cancelled Musharraf’s bail and ordered his arrest in the judges’ detention case today,” Muhammad Amjad, secretary-general of Musharraf’s All Pakistan Muslim League party, told Reuters.
According to reports, Musharraf’s lawyers reached the Supreme Court to file a pre-arrest bail application in order avoid his surrender to the police.
(Dawn.com)
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