Pak court adjourns Musharraf’s bail hearing and trial
2 Nov 2013 5:41 AM IST
The hearing of the bail plea filed by Pakistan’s former military ruler general Pervez Musharraf in a case relating to the killing of a lal masjid cleric was on Friday adjourned to November 4 by a court.
The 70-year-old former president’s trial in the case was also postponed to 11 November.
The police has already declared him ‘innocent’ in the murder of Lal Masjid cleric Ghazi Abdul Rasheed.
Islamabad’s additional district and sessions judge (ADSJ) Wajid Ali heard Musharraf’s bail application.
During the hearing, Tariq Asad, the counsel of the complainant, Haroon Rasheed, and a representative of the Lal Masjid Shuhada Foundation, alleged that the police had destroyed all the evidence and subsequently declared Musharraf ‘innocent’ in the murder of cleric Rasheed.
Asad said he wanted to provide more evidence before the court, adding that a case ‘as important as this’ should not be handled in a roughshod manner.
The counsel further requested the court to postpone its decision on the former military ruler’s bail plea so that he may present more evidence before it.
Musharraf’s counsel Ilyas Siddiqui requested the court to decide on the bail plea today and said his client should not suffer on account of the lack of preparation on part of the complainant’s lawyer.
The court subsequently adjourned the hearing of the bail plea to 4 November.
Moreover, Musharraf’s trial hearing was also postponed to 11 November when the judge said he had not received a notification for the former president’s jail trial.
The judge said the jail trial could not commence until a notification was received in this respect. The trail is to take place at Musharraf’s Chak Shahzad farmhouse which has been turned into a sub-jail due to security reasons.
The 70-year-old former president’s trial in the case was also postponed to 11 November.
The police has already declared him ‘innocent’ in the murder of Lal Masjid cleric Ghazi Abdul Rasheed.
Islamabad’s additional district and sessions judge (ADSJ) Wajid Ali heard Musharraf’s bail application.
During the hearing, Tariq Asad, the counsel of the complainant, Haroon Rasheed, and a representative of the Lal Masjid Shuhada Foundation, alleged that the police had destroyed all the evidence and subsequently declared Musharraf ‘innocent’ in the murder of cleric Rasheed.
Asad said he wanted to provide more evidence before the court, adding that a case ‘as important as this’ should not be handled in a roughshod manner.
The counsel further requested the court to postpone its decision on the former military ruler’s bail plea so that he may present more evidence before it.
Musharraf’s counsel Ilyas Siddiqui requested the court to decide on the bail plea today and said his client should not suffer on account of the lack of preparation on part of the complainant’s lawyer.
The court subsequently adjourned the hearing of the bail plea to 4 November.
Moreover, Musharraf’s trial hearing was also postponed to 11 November when the judge said he had not received a notification for the former president’s jail trial.
The judge said the jail trial could not commence until a notification was received in this respect. The trail is to take place at Musharraf’s Chak Shahzad farmhouse which has been turned into a sub-jail due to security reasons.
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