Pak police alerted of possible Taliban attack on Musharraf

The Pakistan police was reportedly alerted by the National Crisis Management Cell (NCMC) about a plot by the Tehreek-i-Taliban to apparently attack former president Gen Pervez Musharraf.

Sources said that the alert was issued in the light of intelligence reports that the TTP has planned an attack on Musharraf to avenge the operation against Lal Masjid launched during his tenure as president.

According to Dawn, the alert said that the release of Musharraf on bail in connection with the death of Naib Khateeb of Lal Masjid Ghazi Abdul Rasheed and his mother Sabiha Khatoon, registered at Aabpara police station, was another reason behind the plot.

The NCMC has directed the police to ensure strict security measures around the residence of Musharraf at Chak Shahzad.

A senior police official said that a letter to the former president has also been sent, requesting him to inform police prior to his movement in the city.

Musharraf has been granted bail in all the four cases against him, but he is not allowed to move out of the country without prior government approval.