A Pakistani anti-terrorism court on Tuesday extended former military ruler Pervez MusharrafÂ’s house arrest over the murder of Benazir Bhutto for 14 days, a prosecutor said. The court in the garrison town of Rawalpindi neighbouring Islamabad also put off hearing a bail application by Musharraf until May 20, Chaudhry Azhar told AFP.| Makes you wonder if Perv has lost a friend or two in the high military council... |
This was the first hearing after the main state prosecutor handling BhuttoÂ’s 2007 murder and the 2008 Mumbai attacks, Chaudhry Zulfiqar Ali, was shot dead in Islamabad en route to court on May 3.
Musharraf is accused of conspiracy to murder two-time prime minister Bhutto, whose Pakistan PeopleÂ’s Party (PPP) was elected into power in February 2008 on a wave of sympathy over her death. MusharrafÂ’s government blamed the killing on Pakistani Taleban chief Baitullah Mehsud, who denied any involvement and was killed in a US drone attack in 2009.
| And as such is conveniently unable to deny his clear involvement personally... |