Pervez PervMusharraf
... former dictator of Pakistain, who was less dictatorial and corrupt than any Pak civilian government to date ...
was to take to attend the first hearing in his high treason trial.
Mohammed Ali says the bomb and two pistols were found about one kilometer (half mile) away from Musharraf's residence in the Islamabad suburbs.
As a result, Musharraf did not attend the brief hearing held Tuesday morning in the capital of Islamabad. A judge delayed the hearing until January 1 and directed Musharraf to appear that day.