British govt regrets to implement arrest warrants of Pervez Musharraf

RAWALPINDI: British government has regretted to ensure compliance of arrest warrants of former president Pervez Musharraf issued by Anti Terrorism Court (ATC) in Benazir Bhutto assassination case.

FIA chief prosecutor Chaudhry Zulfiqar presented a written reply in the court , which had been sent by British home department to government of Pakistan. As per this reply no extradition treaty existed between Pakistan and UK, therefore, arrest warrants of Pervez Musharraf could not be implemented. Continue reading

I did no deals on drones: Musharraf

ISLAMABAD: Former military ruler Pervez Musharraf denied he had cut an overt or covert deal with the United States, allowing CIA drone attacks against so-called Taliban sanctuaries in Pakistan’s tribal regions.

However, he admitted that he had allowed the US to use pilot-less aircraft for surveillance purpose in the tribal districts bordering Afghanistan where US-led Nato forces have been fighting a deadly Taliban insurgency for over nine years now. Continue reading

UK refuses to hand over Musharraf

UK has refused to hand over the former military dictator, Pervez Musharraf, who is wanted by a court in Benazir murder case and a trial court has already issued his non-boilable arrest warrant. Musharraf, who was president when Benazir was killed in December 2007 in a gun and suicide bomb attack, is in self-imposed exile in London. The UK government has formally informed Pakistan Interior Ministry that the ex military dictator could not be handed over to Pakistan as UK and Pakistan has not extradition treaty to exchange accused. Musharraf is alleged to have been part of a “broad conspiracy” to have his political rival killed before elections.

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