Musharraf, Aziz booked for murder in Bugti assassination case

October 8th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan Government would issue 'Red Warrants' against former President General Pervez Musharraf and former Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz for their extradition in connection with the Baloch leader Akbar Bugti's murder case only if the court directs it to do so. Interior Minister Rehman Malik said if the court of law directs it, the government would issue notices for Musharraf and Aziz's extradition as neither of the two leaders enjoys indemnity in this regard.

October 7th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - A Pakistani court Wednesday ordered the police to open a case and investigate former president Pervez Musharraf over allegations that he ordered the murder of an ethnic Baloch leader in 2006. The High Court in the southwestern province of Balochistan made the ruling after a petition was filed by the son of the Baloch leader Akbar Bugti, said the son's attorney, Habib Jalib.

September 29th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Baloch Republican Party (BRP) chief rahmdagh Bugti has rejected negotiations with the Pakistan overnment, saying the Baloch people want nothing less than reedom. When asked that whether his party was in contact with the akistani government to resolve the Baloch crises, Bugti said here was not any need to contact the government, as the Baloch eople have only one demand that of freedom from Pakistan's uppression.

September 11th, 2009 LAHORE - Saudi King Abdullah was 'surprised' to hear Former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf, during his recent Saudi Arabia visit, say that his visit was for Pakistan and not for any personal gain. "During Musharraf's recent visit to Saudi Arabia, King Abdullah was surprised to hear Musharraf say he was not there for personal gains but for Pakistan," Musharraf's spokesman Rashid Qureshi said.

September 5th, 2009 QUETTA - A local court here has rejected the petition filed for registering a case against former President General Pervez Musharraf in connection with Baloch leader Nawab Akbar Bugti's killing. The Sibi Session Court, in its verdict, said that since Bugti was killed in Taratani region, the case should be heard in the Kohlu District Court.

August 31st, 2009 QUETTA - PML-Q chief Chaudhry Shujaat Husain has said that his party supports Jamil Bugti's decision to register a case against former president Pervez Musharraf and prime minister Shaukat Aziz for conspiring his father Akbar Bugti's assassination. The Daily Times quoted Husain as saying that a fair trial would be conducted against the killers of the Baloch nationalist leader.

August 26th, 2009 QUETTA - Slain Baloch leader Nawab Akbar Bugti's son, Jamil Akbar Bugti has filed a petition in the Sibbi District and Sessions Court seeking a court order to register a case against former President General Pervez Musharraf and other senior officials in connection with his father's death. Jamil Bugti, in his petition, has accused Musharraf and his associates of murdering Akbar Bugti.

August 15th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Former Pakistan Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has rejected former President General Pervez Musharraf's claims that he had discussed the November 3, 2007 action of removing judges of the superior judiciary with him (Aziz). "I had neither advised Musharraf nor had taken part in any consultation process that led to the ousted Musharraf's decision to abrogate the Constitution on Nov 3, 2007," sources close to Aziz said.

August 3rd, 2009 LAHORE - Former president Pervez Musharraf never took his cabinet into confidence on several key issues, including the war on terror, the Lal Masjid operation, restrictions on media, the judicial crisis and the army operation against Nawab Akbar Bugti, PML-Q dissident group leader Humayun Akhtar Khan has said. Appearing in the television programme, Najam Sethi Special, he said that the cabinet did not endorse most of Musharraf's executive decisions.

July 7th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - No matter how rich former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz are, they still cherish gifts and presentations offered to them. Both leaders just adored the numerous gifts, offered to them by various heads of state and other officials during their visit to several countries, and that is why they took all such presentations with them after they stepped down.

June 9th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Slain Baloch leader Nawab Akbar Bugti's son, Talal Bugti, has rebuked former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf's claims that Akbar Bugti was not killed in a military operation. Terming Musharraf's claims as a'white lie', Bugti said the former President had himself congratulated security personnel in Bhurban for killing his father.

June 8th, 2009 LAHORE - Former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf has held the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Baitullah Mehsud responsible for former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's assassination. In an interview to a private television channel, Musharraf rejected reports that he had offered the Prime Ministers' chair to Bhutto for her support.

June 3rd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Alleging that the former President General Prevez Musharraf was responsible for former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's assassination, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has urged the government to put the autocratic ruler on trial. The PML-N asked the government to register a first information report (FIR) against Musharraf for Bhutto's assassination and put his name on the Exit Control List (ECL), The Daily Times reports.

May 20th, 2009 LAHORE - The Abbottabad Police has registered a case against former President General Pervez Musharraf on charges of murder, attempt to murder and kidnapping. The case has been filed on the orders of the district and sessions judge, The Daily Times reports.

April 15th, 2009 LAHORE - Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif wants former President Pervez Musharraf to be booked for violating the constitution and sacking the judiciary. Speaking at a function in Dubai, Sharif said Musharraf had "ignited a fire" in Balochistan by killing Baloch nationalist leader Nawab Akbar Bugti.