FIA writes Interpol to must arrest former Pakistan’s president Pervez Musharraf

Perturbed over Interpol’s decision to reject its request for the arrest of former President Pervez Musharraf, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has dispatched another letter, saying it would affected the credibility of the world policing body if it doesn’t arrest the former military dictator.

It is vital to mention here that the FIA wrote to the global policing body for the third time to arrest former Pakistan president. In the letter, the agency has held the stance that Musharraf conspired to kill former Prime Minister, Benazir Bhutto to fulfill his political objectives.

According to the media reports, the latest writing includes concrete evidence about the case. In the rejoinder to the world policing body, the FIA has alleged that Musharraf had a valid motive to assassinate the former premier. “She was evidently the prime obstacle and the strongest challenge to his prolonged stay in the presidency,” it added.

According to the letter, the former army chief had failed to take action against the police officers who arrested Ms Bhutto on November 14, 2007, in Lahore. The FIA also incorporated statements of US lobbyist Mark Siegel and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ron Suskind confirming that Ms Bhutto was facing threats from Musharraf.

The letter said because of compelling evidence available against Musharraf, a Joint Investigation Team (JIT) had included his name in the challan and the prosecution agency, FIA, had requested the trial court for the issuance of warrants for the arrest of Musharraf.

The investigation agency claimed that “evidence brought on record by JIT directly connected Musharraf with the offence resulting in the assassination of Ms Bhutto. Accused Musharraf has fully aided, abetted and hatched the conspiracy to assassinate Ms Bhutto.”

It said the trial court declared Musharraf a proclaimed offender and in order to procure his attendance in court, FIA sent the request to the Interpol for his repatriation.

The agency claimed that the requirement of the Interpol for repatriation of the former president was a copy of the FIR, arrest warrants and proclamation order of the court, which had already been sent to it.

The earlier two letters by FIA were written on the directions of anti-terrorism court of Rawalpindi, but the Interpol had sought more evidence to apprehend the former dictator.

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