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Rawalpindi, Mar 27: A Pakistani Anti-Terrorist Court (ATC) has directed the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to contact the Interpol to bring former president Pervez Musharraf back to Pakistan in connection with the Benazir Bhutto (BB) assassination case.
ATC Judge Rana Nisar Ahmed has already issued non-bailable arrest warrants for Musharraf three times, but the former military ruler has failed to appear before the court so far.
The FIA counsel asked the court to declare Musharraf a proclaimed offender (PO), keeping in view that its summons were repeatedly falling on deaf ears and the accused was not willing to show up.
The judge remarked that first the implementation of the court's orders was to be ensured. "Unless the court's directives are implemented, the accused cannot be declared a PO," he added.
The FIA's investigation team member, Khalid Rasul, informed the court that letters had been written to the British government in connection with the implementation of arrest warrants for Musharraf.
"Although, there does not exist an agreement between the two countries under which the accused can be extradited, still there is a possibility that Musharraf can be handed over to Pakistan," the Daily Times quoted Rasul, as saying.
The team further told the court that a request had been submitted to the Interior Ministry to bring Musharraf back to the country.
Upon this, the court ordered the team to contact Interpol to bring Musharraf back and adjourned the hearing until April 2.
The then president Musharraf is alleged to have been part of a "broad conspiracy" to have his political rival Benazir killed before elections, though the exact nature of the charges against him is not clear.
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