Pak court issues NBA warrant against Bhutto's driver

July 16, 2015 16:44

A Pakistani anti-terrorism court hearing the 2007 assassination case of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto today issued a non-bailable arrest warrant against her driver, who has failed to turn up for the hearings despite repeated summons.

Javaid ur Rehman drove the vehicle carrying 54-year-old Bhutto out of a park in Rawalpindi after she addressed an election rally when a bomb and gun attack killed her.

The driver, who escaped the attack, has not made any appearance in the court till date despite many summons. The special anti-terrorism court issued non-bailable arrest warrants against Rehman, and also summoned four other witnesses to record their statement in the next hearing, The Express Tribune reported.

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