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Updated 29 Apr, 2013 03:18pm

Musharraf escape case: SC order against IGP Islamabad filed in IHC

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan's (SC) earlier order pertaining to action against Islamabad’s Inspector General Police in facilitating the escape of former military ruler Pervez Musharraf was filed in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday, DawnNews reported.

Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui of the IHC heard the case today.

Earlier, the Supreme Court had disposed an appeal filed by the IG of Islamabad police Bani Amin against the IHC’s decision which held him responsible for Musharraf’s escape from the court premises on April 18 and ordered action against him.

The apex court moreover ordered the interior ministry to hold an impartial inquiry into the matter keeping in view the IHC’s earlier directives over the case. The court submitted its response in the IHC and Justice Siddqui directed additional interior secretary Tariq Hayat to appear for the next hearing of the case on Tuesday.

During the hearing, Justice Siddiqui questioned the Deputy Attorney General on consulting the law ministry when the court had already issued its decision.

He said the additional interior secretary should be asked why he did not implement the court’s ruling against the IG.

The IHC adjourned the case’s hearing to Tuesday.

Separately, the court also discarded a petition against declaring Musharraf’s farmhouse residence a sub-jail.

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