A Pakistani court on Monday acquitted former President Pervez Mush-arraf in the case of the murder of Jamhoori Wat-an party leader Nawab Akbar Bugti who was kille-d in a military operation in 2006.
A Pakistani court on Monday acquitted former President Pervez Mush-arraf in the case of the murder of Jamhoori Wat-an party leader Nawab Akbar Bugti who was kille-d in a military operation in 2006. The anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Quetta also acquitted former federal home minister Aftab Khan Sherpao and former provincial home minister Shoaib Nosherwani.
Nawab Akbar Bugti was killed along with his 26 comrades during an operation in the mountains of Dera Bugti in August 2006. Mr Musharraf, who was President at the time, had directed the military operation.
Mr Musharraf had constituted a federal negotiation team headed by Mushahid Hussain Syed, Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and the late Makhdoom Amin Fahim in March 2005 that held numerous meetings with Nawab Bugti.
In January 2015, an ATC indicted Mr Musharraf and the two other ministers in the case of the murder of Jamhoori Watan party leader.
In December 2015, Nawabzada Jamil Akbar Bugti, son of the slain Baloch chieftain revealed that Mr Musharraf, sent an apology through his lawyer and urged Mr Jamil to accept the killing of Akbar Bugti as God’s will.
“Our stance is clear — We won’t accept anyone’s apology regarding Nawab Bugti’s murder,” Mr Jamil said talking to the media on Monday.
during Nawab Bugti murder case hearing on Monday.
“During today’s hearing Musharraf’s lawyer asked me to meet him personally, but I refused and told him to discuss all issues before the court,” he added.
However, Mr Jamil urged the court to include the negotiation team constituted by the former President as witness in the investigations process to know what exactly Mr Musharraf’s message was.
