taking notice of the case, chief justice nazim hussain siddiqui had summoned the entire record of the case from the high court and the fsc, while notices were served on punjab advocate general aftab iqbal and mukhtaran mai. bailable arrest warrants were also issued against the accused who have been rearrested on the directions of prime minister shaukat aziz. pakistani president pervez musharraf said that he ordered that mukhtaran be prevented from leaving as he didn't want the country's image tarnished.