QUETTA: An anti-terrorism court directed police and two guarantors of former president retired Gen Pervez Musharraf on Monday to ensure his presence at the next hearing of the Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti murder case.

Judge Nazir Ahmed Lango accepted the medical certificate submitted by Mr Musharraf’s counsel, seeking exemption for his client from appearance on Monday.

The counsel informed the court that Mr Musharraf’s doctors had advised him one-month’s bed rest.

The court directed police and guarantors Nazir Ahmed and Mumtaz to ensure that Mr Musharraf came to the court at the next hearing on Oct 13.

Next hearing in Akbar Bugti murder case on Oct 13

Other accused in the case, former interior minister Aftab Khan Sherpao and former home minister of Balochistan Mir Shoaib Nausherwani, were present in the court.

Counsel for Nawabzada Jamil Akbar Bugti, son of the late Bugti, said the medical certificate was aimed at prolonging the case.

Mr Jamil Bugti has nominated Mr Musharraf, former prime minister Shaukat Aziz, former Balochistan governor Owais Ahmed Ghani, former chief minister the late Jam Mohammad Yousuf, Mr Sherpao, Mr Nausherwani and former DCO of Dera Bugti Abdul Samad Lasi in the case.

Published in Dawn, September 9th, 2014