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Pakistan Court Bans Musharraf From Public Office
A court in Pakistan has banned Pervez Musharraf from seeking public office, in the latest blow to the former president and army chief since he returned from exile with plans for a political comeback.The ban, issued Tuesday in the northwestern city of Peshawar, comes just weeks after Mr. Musharraf came back from nearly four years of self-imposed exile with plans to run for a seat in parliament in May 11 elections. Since his return, the former president's fortunes have gone from bad to worse. A court on April 20 placed Mr. Musharraf under house arrest in connection with charges that he ordered the illegal detention of judges in 2007. Days later, a judge rejected bail for Mr. Musharraf, who also is the target of a probe into the December 2007 assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, a political rival. Anti-terrorism authorities are probing claims that the then-president failed to provide adequate security to Ms. Bhutto, who was gunned down at a political rally in the garrison city of Rawalpindi. Posted by: tipper 2013-04-30 |
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