Musharraf silent on ‘disappeared’

PAKISTAN president General Pervez Musharraf yesterday ducked the issue of the alleged “disappearance” of terror suspects arrested in his homeland.

In a speech to the Oxford Union, the visiting general spoke about the need to combat international terrorism. But on claims made by Amnesty International that hundreds of terror suspects arrested in Pakistan were being tortured and illegally transferred for money to US custody, he remained silent.

Amnesty called for Mr Musharraf to reveal the fate of the “disappeared” and urged an end to “arbitrary detention”.