Islamabad: Pakistan's Supreme Court has sought excerpts from former
military ruler Pervez Musharraf's 2006 book to help it probe the fate of
hundreds of Pakistanis caught and handed over to foreign powers for
bounty after the 9/11 attacks in the US.
"There was a book 'In the Line of Fire' written by the then army chief in which it was written somewhere in the first edition that some Pakistani citizens were handed over to US in consideration of bounty," observed Justice Jawwad S Khawaja.
The court asked Additional Attorney General Tariq Khokhar to submit
relevant excerpts after comparing the first and second editions of the
book.
"There has to be some closure (of the case) somewhere," the judge observed yesterday during a hearing of missing people case.
It could have serious implications for Musharraf, if handing over of citizens to any foreign country could be proved through the book, an unnamed senior law officer was quoted as saying by the The Express Tribune daily.
Human rights organisations alleged that over 4,000 people went missing in the country after the 9/11 incident and Musharraf could be tried for handing over these people, the report said.
"There was a book 'In the Line of Fire' written by the then army chief in which it was written somewhere in the first edition that some Pakistani citizens were handed over to US in consideration of bounty," observed Justice Jawwad S Khawaja.
"There has to be some closure (of the case) somewhere," the judge observed yesterday during a hearing of missing people case.
It could have serious implications for Musharraf, if handing over of citizens to any foreign country could be proved through the book, an unnamed senior law officer was quoted as saying by the The Express Tribune daily.
Human rights organisations alleged that over 4,000 people went missing in the country after the 9/11 incident and Musharraf could be tried for handing over these people, the report said.
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