ISLAMABAD: An anti-terrorist court (ATC) in Islamabad on Saturday sent former President General (retd) Pervez Musharraf on a two-week long judicial remand in the judges’ detention case.
The ATC judge Kausar Abbas Zaidi issued the order which makes it imperative for Musharraf to re-appear in court on May 4.
While former military ruler departed from the court’s premises under heavy security after the hearing at the ATC established yesterday ended.
During the hearing, the police requested ATC judge Kausar Abbas Zaidi to issue directives for a judicial remand for the former president. While Musharraf’s lawyers were seeking bail for their client which was cancelled by the Islamabad High Court earlier this week.
Earlier, Pervez Musharraf appeared before the ATC in Islamabad on Saturday amid strict security cordon for a hearing in the judges’ detention case.
Musharraf was brought inside the premises of the court in Islamabad while a large number of security personnel had been stationed in the court to avoid any untoward incident. All entry points had been cordoned off.
On Friday, the former president was arrested in the judges’ detention case and was shifted to the Police Line Headquarters from his Chak Shahzad farmhouse.
Moreover, a local court in Islamabad had granted two days’ transit custody of the retired general to the police and had directed them to produce him before the “court of competent jurisdiction/anti-terrorism Court on or before April 21, 2013”.
The general who is the first former army chief and head of state to be arrested is being kept at the Officers’ Mess and given the suite of Inspector General of Police.
DND
