Pak anti-terrorism court extends Musharraf’s remand

May 18, 2013 04:39 pm | Updated November 17, 2021 06:55 am IST - Islamabad

Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf salutes supporters outside the airport in Karachi on March 24, 2013. Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf returned home after more than four years in exile, defying a Taliban death threat to contest historic general elections.  AFP PHOTO/ ASIF HASSAN

Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf salutes supporters outside the airport in Karachi on March 24, 2013. Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf returned home after more than four years in exile, defying a Taliban death threat to contest historic general elections. AFP PHOTO/ ASIF HASSAN

A Pakistani anti-terrorism court on Saturday extended by 14 days, former President Pervez Musharraf’s judicial remand over the detention of judges during the 2007 emergency.

Judge Syed Kausar Abbas Zaidi of the anti-terrorism court also accepted a plea from Mr. Musharraf’s lawyers that he should be exempted from appearing in the court on Saturday.

Sixty-nine year old Musharraf could not be produced in court for security reasons, officials said.

Subsequently, the judge adjourned the case till June 1.

Mr. Musharraf has also been arrested over the assassination of former premier Benazir Bhutto and the killing of Baloch leader Akbar Bugti in a 2006 military operation.

The former President has been humiliated since he returned to Pakistan from self-exile in March to contest elections.

He is now being held in his farmhouse, which was declared a sub-jail after his arrest.

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