RAWALPINDI: Former President Pervaiz Musharraf faces a worst setback.
An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Friday declared former president PervezMusharraf as proclaimed offender over his failure to appear before thecourt in Benaizr Bhutto murder case.
As per details, the hearing of the case was held in the anti-terrorismcourt no.1. The court declaring former president Pervez Musharraf asfugitive in the case and directed to seize his properties and bank account.
The court also released permanent warrants for the former president overhis continuous failure to appear before the court in the case.
On August 31, an anti-terrorism court (ATC) announced verdict in theDecember 27, 2007 assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto,acquitting the five accused.
The court found Saud Aziz, who was the city police chief at the time of theassassination of Bhutto, and Khurram Shahzad, former Superintendent ofPolice (SP) Rawal Town in Rawalpindi, guilty of mishandling the crime sceneand awarded them imprisonment of 17 years.
It also imposed a penalty of Rs500,000 each on both the convicts and ruledthat in case of non-payment of the fine they will have to undergoadditional imprisonment of six months.