An application against the confiscation of former president Pervez Musharraf's property and freezing of his bank accounts for his failure to appear before it in the murder case of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto has been rejected by a Pakistani anti-terrorism court on Saturday, court officials report.
According to reports, the court has already declared the former military president an "absconder" in the 2007 Bhutto assassination case as he has not agreed to clarify his position in court despite several notices and arrest warrants.
Reports further reveal that, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) had requested the court to summon Musharraf, who was president at the time of the assassination, and has refused a request to cooperate in the investigation into Bhutto's death.
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