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Sunday, July 24, 2011

More details about Pervez Musharraf property presented in court

FIA investigating into Benazir assassination case has presented to court more details of Pervez Musharraf property located in Islamabad and Gawadar.

The court was informed that Pervez Musharraf owned a plot of 1000 square feet in Gawadar and a farmhouse in Chak Shahzad Islamabad. Details about his property could not be obtained from DHA Lahore, National Police Foundation and Karachi and such information would be submitted to court as soon as they were received, court was further told.
Judge Shahid Rafiq of Anti Terrorism Court (ATC) directed FIA to apprise the court of all details in this respect. The next hearing has been fixed on August 10.
It may be recalled that FIA had obtained arrest warrants of Pervez Musharraf after he was nominated as major accused in Benazir Bhutto murder case. Following the refusal from British government for handing over Pervez Musharraf to Pakistan, former president was declared proclaimed offender and proceedings for confiscation of his property were underway.
FIA special prosecutor Chaudhry Zulfiqar Ali had presented report containing details about the property of Pervez Musharraf and the information received from State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) to the court on previous hearing.
As per report CDA and chief commissioner Islamabad had informed in writing that Pervez Musharraf had no more property in Islamabad except a farm house in Chak Shahzad.
As per state bank report former president was having accounts in six banks including Al-Flah Bank, Habib Metropolitan bank, Muslim Commercial Bank, Allied Bank, National Bank and Meter Politan Bank. Overall bank deposits of Pervez Musharraf in Pakistani banks run to over Rs 80 million. Online