ISLAMABAD, Oct 11: A Pakistani court today remanded beleaguered former President Pervez Musharraf to judicial custody for 14 days while another court rejected a request to bar him from travelling out of the country.
A magistrate’s court here granted the judicial remand in a case related to the killing of Abdul Rashid, a top cleric of the radical Lal Masjid, during a 2007 military operation.
The same magistrate had earlier turned down the police’s request seeking physical remand, saying this could be done only if Musharraf was present in court. Senior police officials told the magistrate that bringing Musharraf to court would involve grave security risks.
After listening to their explanation, the magistrate remanded 70-year-old Musharraf to judicial custody and directed that he should be held in his farmhouse on the outskirts of Islamabad, already declared a sub-jail. (PTI)
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