QUETTA: Anti-terrorism court (ATC) issued a non bailable arrest warrants for several officials of the regime of former military ruler Pervez Musharraf in a case involving the 2006 killing of Baloch leader Nawab Akbar Bugti.

The court also issued arrest warrants for former Interior Minister Aftab Sherpao, former Governor Balochistan Owais Ahmed Ghani, former Chief Minister Balochistan Jam Yousuf and the former Balochistan Home Minister.

The Balochistan government had earlier requested the federal government to extradite Musharraf, But the federal government had asked for his arrest warrant which is required by Interpol for it to issue red warrants to nab fugitives.

Nawabzada Jamil Bugti, the eldest surviving son of Bugti, had registered an FIR at Dera Bugti Police station in which he alleged Pervez Musharraf, former prime minister Shaukat Aziz and others for the killing of  Nawab Akbar Bugti.