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India-Pakistan
Musharraf's bail petition dismissed in Benazir murder case
2013-04-25
[Dawn] A division bench of the Lahore High Court's Rawalpindi registry dismissed the bail petition submitted by former military ruler Gen (r) Pervez Perv Musharraf
... former dictator of Pakistain, who was less dictatorial and corrupt than any Pak civilian government to date ...
in the Benazir Bhutto
... 11th Prime Minister of Pakistain in two non-consecutive terms from 1988 until 1990 and 1993 until 1996. She was the daughter of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, founder of the Pakistain People's Party, who was murdered at the instigation of General Ayub Khan. She was murdered in her turn by person or persons unknown while campaigning in late 2007. Suspects include, to note just a few, Baitullah Mehsud, General Pervez Musharraf, the ISI, al-Qaeda in Pakistain, and her husband, Asif Ali Zardari, who shows remarkably little curiosity about who done her in...
murder case. The bail was dismissed on the grounds that Musharraf's counsel did not pursue the case on bail plea.

Federal Investigation Agency (FIA)'s Prosecutor Chaudhry Zulfiqar said that following the cancellation of his bail petition, Musharraf could be incarcerated
Drop the gat, Rocky, or you're a dead 'un!
any time now.

The bench had resumed the hearing over a petition filed by Musharraf seeking bail in the case pertaining to the murder of former two-time prime minister Benazir Bhutto in December 2007.

The bench had earlier given the counsel for the petitioner an hour's time to makes make its argument over why the former military should be granted bail.
Posted by:Fred

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