RAWALPINDI, Nov 2 An anti-terrorism court here on Monday acquitted a woman, who was accused of involvement in the 2003 twin suicide attacks on the then president Pervez Musharraf, as she had already been found not guilty by a field general court marshal (FGCM).

ATC No. I Judge Malik Mohammad Akram Awan dropped the charges of abetment against Shazia Mubashir after accepting her application under Section 265-K of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC).

The woman through her lawyer, Col (retired) Mohammad Akram, had maintained that she was arrested by the army in early 2004 with her husband, Rana Mohammad Naveed, and tried with six other men by the FGCM in the Attock Fort. She was acquitted by the military court.

Last year, Ms Mubashir obtained post-arrest bail from the Lahore High Court after the high court confirmed she was tried and acquitted by the military court.

The ATC also deferred the arguments on an application moved by her father-in-law, Rana Faqir Hussain, seeking acquittal in same case till November 23.

Mr Hussain was arrested last year and police claimed he was the driver of the third vehicle that was ready to attack the presidential convoy near Janda Chichi on December 25, 2003, but the vehicle failed to explode.

Separately, the anti-terrorism court rejected the bail applications of three men accused of being involved in the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto.

The accused had sought bail on the argument that they could not be kept in jail for indefinite time as the federal government had launched a new investigation, casting doubts over the already concluded probe.

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