DHAKA: A Pakistani court on Wednesday suspended the non-bailable arrest warrant against former military dictator Pervez Musharraf for the killing of cleric Abdul Rashid Ghazi during the army siege of the Lal Masjid in 2007.

The arrest warrant was challenged in the high court here which set aside the orders of the lower court on assurance by Musharraf’s lawyer that he would attend the next hearing, reports the Times of India.

The district and sessions court in Islamabad last week issued his arrest warrant in the case of Ghazi who was killed when the army stormed the mosque here to flush out militants.

The Islamabad high court adjourned the hearing till April 27 and ordered 71-year-old Musharraf to appear in person. The former military ruler was booked in the murder case in 2013.

Separately, a medical report of Musharraf was presented in an anti-terrorism court in Quetta hearing a case against him for alleged involvement in the killing of Baloch tribal leader Akbar Khan Bugti in a military operation in 2006.

Musharraf, who was president at the time, had ordered the operation that killed Bugti.

BDST: 2007 HRS, APR 08, 2014
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