<p>Former President Pervez Musharraf has been confined to two rooms of his palatial farmhouse, which has been declared a "sub-jail", and is barred from meeting even his lawyers, one of his close aides said today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"Musharraf has been restricted to two rooms and his family is not permitted to meet him. His personal staff have been restricted to the office within the farmhouse," Muhammad Amjad, a leader of the All Pakistan Muslim League party, told reporters.<br />The 69-year-old former military ruler's farmhouse was declared a sub-jail hours after an anti-terrorism court yesterday remanded Musharraf to judicial custody for a fortnight.<br /><br />The move came a day after Musharraf was arrested on the orders of the Islamabad High Court over a case related to the emergency rule of 2007.<br /><br />Amjad said two prison officials had been deputed to the farmhouse at Chak Shahzad on the outskirts of Islamabad to take care of Musharraf's needs, including food.<br />However, Musharraf's lawyers were not being allowed to meet him, and this was affecting preparations for several cases pending in different courts, Amjad said.<br /><br />"The lawyers can't meet him ahead of hearings in the Supreme Court, the anti-terrorism court and the High Court. All prisoners are allowed to meet their lawyers," he said.<br /><br />Amjad contended that even when former premier Yousuf Raza Gilani was imprisoned in Rawalpindi some years ago, he had more liberties and facilities.<br /><br />In a related development, more policemen were deployed around and inside Musharraf's farmhouse after he was shifted there from the Islamabad Police headquarters yesterday.<br /><br />There is tight security around the five-acre farmhouse and members of the public have been barred from approaching it.<br /><br />Musharraf is the first former army chief to be arrested and produced in court.<br />He was detained after the Islamabad High Court revoked his bail in a case over the detention of over 60 judges during the 2007 emergency.</p>
<p>Former President Pervez Musharraf has been confined to two rooms of his palatial farmhouse, which has been declared a "sub-jail", and is barred from meeting even his lawyers, one of his close aides said today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"Musharraf has been restricted to two rooms and his family is not permitted to meet him. His personal staff have been restricted to the office within the farmhouse," Muhammad Amjad, a leader of the All Pakistan Muslim League party, told reporters.<br />The 69-year-old former military ruler's farmhouse was declared a sub-jail hours after an anti-terrorism court yesterday remanded Musharraf to judicial custody for a fortnight.<br /><br />The move came a day after Musharraf was arrested on the orders of the Islamabad High Court over a case related to the emergency rule of 2007.<br /><br />Amjad said two prison officials had been deputed to the farmhouse at Chak Shahzad on the outskirts of Islamabad to take care of Musharraf's needs, including food.<br />However, Musharraf's lawyers were not being allowed to meet him, and this was affecting preparations for several cases pending in different courts, Amjad said.<br /><br />"The lawyers can't meet him ahead of hearings in the Supreme Court, the anti-terrorism court and the High Court. All prisoners are allowed to meet their lawyers," he said.<br /><br />Amjad contended that even when former premier Yousuf Raza Gilani was imprisoned in Rawalpindi some years ago, he had more liberties and facilities.<br /><br />In a related development, more policemen were deployed around and inside Musharraf's farmhouse after he was shifted there from the Islamabad Police headquarters yesterday.<br /><br />There is tight security around the five-acre farmhouse and members of the public have been barred from approaching it.<br /><br />Musharraf is the first former army chief to be arrested and produced in court.<br />He was detained after the Islamabad High Court revoked his bail in a case over the detention of over 60 judges during the 2007 emergency.</p>