Pak parliament adopts resolution demanding Musharraf's arrest

The upper house of Pakistan’s parliament on Monday unanimously adopted a resolution that demanded the arrest of former President Pervez Musharraf on his arrival in the country and the registration of a case of high treason against him.

The resolution was moved in the Senate by Raza Rabbani, a senior leader of the ruling Pakistan People's Party.

Rabbani accused Musharraf, currently living in self-exile in London and Dubai, of abrogating the Constitution twice, arresting members of the superior judiciary and compromising national interests.

Musharraf dented the national economy and inflicted colossal loss to the national exchequer, Rabbani said.

The rules of business of the Senate were suspended when Rabbani moved a motion and informed the chairman of the House that he and several other Senators of the PML-N, Awami National Party and Jamaat-e-Islami, intended to move the resolution against the former dictator.

The resolution alleged that Musharraf had aided, abetted and is an accomplice in the murders of (former premier) Benazir Bhutto and (Baloch nationalist leader) Akbar Bugti.

It accused Musharraf of committing numerous crimes against the people of Pakistan and said, "his policies and use of state force in Balochistan ledto the loss of innocent lives and further sponsored disappearance of its citizens."