Health report presented before ATC: Musharraf suffering from backache, other problems

A nine-member medical team constituted to conduct a medical check-up of former president Pervez Musharraf said in its report that the former president is suffering from backache, neurological and cardiac problems. The Sindh government had formed a medical team on the directives of an Anti Terrorist Court (ATC) to investigate the former president's continued absence from court in the murder case of Baloch leader Nawab Akbar Bugti on the pretext of medical problems.
The Director General Health Balochistan, Dr Farooq Azam has presented report on the health of Pervez Musharraf before the ATC Judge Aftab Ahmed Lone. The court accepted one day's exemption regarding the appearance of the former military ruler.
The former president is an accused in the murder of Baloch leader Nawab Akbar Bugti. Bugti was murdered in an operation in Balochistan's mountainous region of Taratani Kohlu on August 26, 2006. Nawabzada Jamil Akbar Bugti, the son of Nawab Akbar Bugti had nominated Musharraf, former Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz and other high ups in the murder of his father.
Jamil Bugti's lawyer Sohail Rajput while talking to reporters outside ATC said, "We will challenge the medical report."
Former Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao and former Home Minister Balochistan Mir Shoaib Nowsherwani appeared before the court. The former ministers are also accused in the murder of Bugti.
The ATC judge rejected the applications of both ministers for permanent exemptions from appearance in the case. The hearing was adjourned till April 22.
"We will challenge the order of the ATC in high court," Sherpao told reporters outside the court.