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| Saud, Khurram bail petitions dismissed in BB case |
| 2011-02-08 |
[Geo News] The Anti Terrorism Court Monday dismissed bail petitions of former CPO Rawalpindi Saud Aziz and SP Khurram Shahzad in Benazir Bhutto's liquidation case and declared former president Pervez PervMusharraf ... former dictator of Pakistain, who was less dictatorial and corrupt than any Pak civilian government to date ... an absconder who, if failed to appear before the court, would be branded a proclaimed offender. The Anti Terrorism Court carried out a four-hour hearing on bail petitions of Saud Aziz and Khurram Shahzad and later announcing the verdict dismissed their petitions. Earlier, the provisional challan ... list of charges ... of Benazir Bhutto murder case was submitted to the court. Counsel of FIA told the court that former president Pervez Musharraf's name was included in the challan as defendant. All possible efforts were made to interrogate him (Pervez Musharraf) but not response came from him, he added. On this the court declared Pervez Musharraf an absconder. The FIA Counsel further said that the nabbed police officials Saud Aziz and Khurram Shahzad had been acting on the orders of the then president Pervez Musharraf. The challan also contained the forensic report of one of the Blackberry phones of Ms Bhutto. It said that Benazir Bhutto on the day of liquidation neither received nor made any phone calls on this phone after 3 pm. |
| Posted by:Fred |