Pakistan’s former president, Pervez Musharraf, has been charged with the murder of former premier Benazir Bhutto in 2007. The ex-military leader has denied all the charges set against him.
"He was charged with murder, criminal conspiracy for murder and facilitation for murder," public prosecutor Chaudhry Azhar told AFP at the anti-terrorism court in Rawalpindi hearing the case.
Opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was killed in December 2007 during a political rally in the city of Rawalpindi by a suicide bomber. The judge ruled that Musharraf was complicit in her murder because he did not provide adequate security during the rally.
General Musharraf, who ruled Pakistan from 1999-2008, refrained from making any comments following his indictment. The case has been adjourned until August 27.
The hearing was held in a special anti-terrorism court in Rawalpindi close to the capital Islamabad. Security was stepped up for the hearing with hundreds of police deployed along the road leading to the courthouse and on the rooftops after Musharraf’s lawyers warned of threats to the former leader’s life.
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