Interpol to be moved against Musharraf

RAWALPINDI: Pakistan will ask Interpol to circulate a global arrest warrant for former president Pervez Musharraf over the murder of ex-premier Benazir Bhutto, a prosecutor said on Saturday.

A court last week gave prosecutors until April 2 to serve a warrant granted in February on Musharraf, who was president when Bhutto was killed in December 2007 in a gun and suicide bomb attack in Rawalpindi.

Musharraf, who lives in self-imposed exile in London, is accused of failing to provide her with adequate security.

“We presented three letters in the court which have been sent to the British government for the execution of the warrants,” prosecutor Chaudhry Zulfiqar Ali said.

“We have not yet received any report from the British home department and now we will write to Interpol to help execute the warrants,” Ali said.

Musharraf is alleged to have been part of a “broad conspiracy” to have his political rival killed before elections, though the exact nature of the charges against him is not clear.

No Coup Against Govt: Hussain Haqqani

WASHINGTON: No Coup Against Govt: Hussain Haqqani, Pakistan envoy in United States Hussain Haqqani has denied speculations of coup in Pakistan adding the NRO ruling of the apex court would not affect the government.

In interview to an American television the envoy said the cases against President Zardari were mere allegation and no charges against him proved so far.

He said there is no coup being cooked up in Pakistan, adding the past coups have turned out to be greatly detrimental to the country.

Everybody including Pakistan’s high military leadership have achieved consensus that the Army should focus on guarding the national borders and elected government should run the national affairs in accordance with the Constitution, he maintained.

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No Coup Against Govt: Hussain Haqqani was first posted on December 18, 2009 at 12:35 pm.

Court Issues Arrest Warrant of Rehman Malik

KARACHI: The Accountability court has issued arrest warrants of Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Friday.

Accountability court judge Mir Muhammad Shaikh has issued the warrants in NAB reference. Earlier, NAB had filed a petition in Rawalpindi accountability court for the restoration of references against 19 persons including Rehman Malik.