BB murder: FIA gets physical remand of
Prevez Musharraf till April 30
RAWALPINDI: The Federal
Investigation Agency (FIA) presented former president General (retd) Pervez
Musharraf in the anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Benazir Bhutto murder case
Friday where it was given physical remand till April 30, Geo News reported.
Pervez Musharraf was brought to the ATC amid strict security
where he attended the proceedings of Benazir Bhutto murder case.
The formal application seeking physical remand of Musharraf
was submitted before the ATC on Thursday.
The sources said that the joint investigation team has
completed the initial process.
The FIA had arrested Pervez Musharraf in Benazir Bhutto
murder case on Thursday. The formal proceedings for the arrest were completed
by the FIA Deputy Director at Musharraf’s farmhouse in Chak Shahzad which has
been declared sub-jail.
The ATC had also allowed the FIA to include Pervez Musharraf
in the investigation of Benazir Bhutto murder case. Prosecutor Chaudhry
Zulfiqar represented FIA and presented his arguments while Afshan Adil Advocate
represented Pervez Musharraf.
After listening to the arguments, the court had allowed FIA
to formally arrest Musharraf and include him in the investigation.
During the interrogation, the former president was asked why
Benazir Bhutto was not provided security upon her return to Pakistan, to which Musharraf
replied that she was provided complete security.
Musharraf also refused to accept the allegations against him
and said Benazir Bhutto became the target of terrorists.
Musharraf is accused of involvement in a conspiracy to
murder Benazir Bhutto, who died in a gun and suicide attack in December 2007.
It is one of the three cases he is fighting in the courts since returning home
last month after four years in self-imposed exile.
Day of mourning in Sindh today, traders to keep businesses shut
KARACHI: True to their declared stance of keeping liberal democratic parties out of the election process, militants continued to mount pressure on MQM and PPP and attacked the election office of the former in Karachi and the office of a candidate of the latter in Nushki in Balochistan on Thursday.The acts of terror claimed at least eight lives in Sindh and Balochistan, casting a pall of gloom over election activities across the country.
In Karachi, the MQM announced a day of mourning across Sindh on Friday. Traders said they would to keep their businesses shut and schools announced a day of closure and rescheduled some exams.
The first attack of the day took place in Nushki when a hand-grenade was hurled at the election office of a PPP candidate. A tribesman was killed in the attack.
The attack on the MQM election office, second in the city in three days, claimed six lives and left over 12 people, including a woman, injured.
In yet another terror attack, some elements opened fire
on a Rangers’ post in Sindh’s second largest city, Hyderabad. A Rangers sepoy died in the attack.
In Karachi, an explosive-rigged motorcycle was blown up by remote control in North Nazimabad.
The proscribed Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the attack.
Speaking to Dawn.Com on telephone from an unspecified location, TTP spokesman Ihsanullah Ihsan said his organisation had targeted the MQM as it had vowed to do so.
The TTP had threatened to attack the PPP, Awami National Party and MQM.
But MQM spokesman Wasay Jalil expressed his party’s resolve of not leaving the ground and to take part in the May 11 elections.
MQM chief Altaf Hussain strongly condemned the blast.
A rescue worker said one injured man and some human limbs were strewn across the site.
A severed head was also found, police said.
“The blast took place in Nusrat Bhutto Colony at a corner of a narrow street near the MQM office which was closed at the time,” District Central SSP Amir Farooqui told Dawn.
The brunt of the explosion was borne by a nearby laundry. The owner of the shop and his two sons were killed in the blast, SSP Farooqui said.
The officer pointed out that the scene of the blast lay close to Kunwari Colony, not far from an area considered to be a Taliban stronghold.
“Initial findings by the bomb disposal unit suggested that around 5 to 6 kg of explosives was used in the bombing. The explosives were laced with ball-bearings detonated through a remote control device,” he said.
Adjoining small shops and houses and vehicles parked in the area were damaged by the blast.
There was utter confusion at the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital’s emergency unit where people were frantically searching for their loved ones, while others were comforting their relatives.
Distressing scenes were seen in the hospital’s mortuary where relatives, grieving over the bodies, were being comforted by members of their families and friends.
In a similar blast on April 23, four people were killed when an improvised explosive device (IED) went off outside an MQM election camp at People’s Chowrangi in North Nazimabad.
Pakistan stocks close higher; rupee weakens: KARACHI: Pakistani stocks closed at a record high on Thursday, after better than expected March quarterly results were announced.
The Karachi Stock Exchange's (KSE) benchmark 100-share index ended 0.56 percent, or 105.94 points, higher at 18,885.60 points.
Cement stocks were strong after positive announcements from Maple Leaf Cement and Fecto Cement. Hub Power Company Ltd and Oil and Gas Development Company Ltd also announced healthy results, said a dealer.
Maple Leaf Cement rose 3.45 percent to 19.50 rupees and Hub Power Company Ltd was up 1.51 percent to 54.50 rupees.
In the currency market, the rupee ended weaker at 98.40/98.45 against the dollar compared to Wednesday's close of 98.38/98.43.
Overnight rates in the money market remained flat at 9.40 percent. (Reuters)
BRIEF: (PAKISTAN)
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MQM observes Sindh-wide day of
mourning today
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Blast near MQM election offce kills 6
in Karachi
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candidates: Ghafoor Haidri
o
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violence
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attack
o
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today
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BB murder case: Musharraf handed over
to FIA on 4-day physical remand
o
Altaf advises Karachiites to be on
guard against terrorism
o
TTP hits MQM on heels of ECP pledge
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Business News:
Pakistan
EXCHANGE FOR CURRENCY NOTES:
U.S.A 99.28
S.Arabia 26.47
U.K 151.37
Japan 0.9992
Euro 129.04
U.A.E 27.03
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