ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notices to the federal and Balochistan governments on an appeal moved by former president retired Gen Pervez Musharraf against the Balochistan High Court’s rejection of his bail application in the Nawab Akbar Bugti murder case.

A two-judge bench of the Supreme Court headed by Justice Nasir ul Mulk had taken up Gen Musharraf’s appeal.

An FIR No26/2009 was registered against Mr Musharraf under Section 302, 304 of the Pakistan Penal Code for his alleged involvement in the 2006 killing of Mr Bugti along with others.

Advocate Ibrahim Satti representing Mr Musharraf had challenged the July 30 order of the BHC, which had rejected the bail plea with a ruling that the applicant had not been produced before the trial court or in the territorial jurisdiction of the trial court in Balochistan.

“For the reasons, the bail application is rejected…the applicant may repeat his bail application before the trial court after shifting of his custody within the territorial jurisdiction of the trial court, which shall decide on its own merits accordingly,” the BHC had stated in its order.

Mr Satti explained before the Supreme Court that his client could not appear before the BHC for security reason and, therefore, his bail had been rejected by the high court.

He said Mr Musharraf had been detained for the last three months, and requested the bench to grant him bail.

The Supreme Court ordered the federal and the Balochistan governments to furnish their replies in 10 days. The bench also asked the registrar office to fix the matter within two weeks.