Musharraf house to be declared sub jail today
Thursday, 18 April 2013
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Interior has decided to declare the residence of former president Pervez Musharraf, a retired chief of army staff, as a sub jail, according to sources on Thursday.
The likely decision was made after the Islamabad High Court cancelled the plea of Musharraf for extension of his bail and ordered to arrest him. However, the former president managed to escape from the court before his arrest. According to police sources, arresting Musharraf and shifting him to jail was not possible for the police due to high security risks.
However, the ministry has decided to detain him at his residence located in Chakk Shahzad after they declare his farmhouse as a sub jail. It has also been learnt that police, as well as rangers, are already deployed at the farmhouse and the roads to the farmhouse were blocked partially. However, sources from the Interior Ministry said that the proper notification of the declaration of the farm house of the former president as a sub jail might be issued on Friday (today).
The source further said that Musharraf was aiming to take a pre-arrest bail from Supreme Court on Friday but as per the current situation, now he will be applying for a post arrest bail as he already will be under arrest in his farmhouse.
The likely decision was made after the Islamabad High Court cancelled the plea of Musharraf for extension of his bail and ordered to arrest him. However, the former president managed to escape from the court before his arrest. According to police sources, arresting Musharraf and shifting him to jail was not possible for the police due to high security risks.
However, the ministry has decided to detain him at his residence located in Chakk Shahzad after they declare his farmhouse as a sub jail. It has also been learnt that police, as well as rangers, are already deployed at the farmhouse and the roads to the farmhouse were blocked partially. However, sources from the Interior Ministry said that the proper notification of the declaration of the farm house of the former president as a sub jail might be issued on Friday (today).
The source further said that Musharraf was aiming to take a pre-arrest bail from Supreme Court on Friday but as per the current situation, now he will be applying for a post arrest bail as he already will be under arrest in his farmhouse.
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