Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Musharraf attack accused refused bail

RAWALPINDI: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) has rejected the bail application moved by an accused allegedly involved in a suicide attack on former president Pervez Musharraf, and adjourned the proceedings for a week.

The proceedings of the case of the suicide attack on Musharraf were resumed in ATC-I, where Judge Malik Akram Awan rejected the bail application of the accused, Rana Faqir Hussain, saying the crimes he was accused of were of a serious nature.

Civil Lines police station arrested Faqir in 2005, charging him of driving one of the three explosive-laden vehicles deployed to hit Musharraf‘s convoy. Musharraf escaped the attempt on his life, but 15 people, including 3 policemen, were killed. Meanwhile, Judge Akram Awan convicted an accused, Umer Adeel Khan, in another case regarding a suicide attack at RA Bazaar Rawalpindi and sought witnesses from the prosecution on July 19. tahir rashid

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