QUETTA, June 11: An anti-terrorism court rejected on Tuesday an application for pre-arrest bail filed by retired Gen Pervez Musharraf in the Nawab Akbar Bugti murder case.

Quetta ATC 1 judge Mohammad Ismail had reserved the judgment on Monday and issued ‘non-bailable’ arrest warrants of Gen Musharraf, former prime minister Shaukat Aziz, former governor of Balochistan Owais Ghani and former deputy commissioner of Dera Bugti Abdul Samad Lasi.

Nawabzada Jamil Akbar Bugti has nominated seven persons, including Gen Musharraf, in the FIR registered at Dera Bugti police station.—Amanullah Kasi

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