Non-Bailable Arrest Warrant For Raja Pervaiz Ashraf
November 7, 2009
Non-Bailable Arrest Warrant For Raja Pervaiz Ashraf:RAWALPINDI: Civil Judge Rawalpindi Rai Afzal Kharal issued a non-bailable arrest warrant for Federal Minister for Water and Power Raja Pervaiz Ashraf.
The civil judges strongly directed the Rawalpindi Police to arrest and then produce Raja Pervaiz Ashraf in the court.
The minister is charged since December 23, 1998 with manhandling a government witness inside court premises when a corruption reference was being heard against former premier Benazir Bhutto and Asif Ali Zardari.
This is the fifth non-bailable warrant issued against him.
Ashraf’s close aides told DawnNews they would apply for bail in the Lahore High Court. — DawnNews
