Musharraf granted bail, free to leave PakistanFormer military dictator Pervez Musharraf could leave Pakistan as soon as Thursday after a decision by a court paving the way for his release, his lawyer said on Wednesday. Musharraf's fate has been subject to intense speculat More… |
Musharraf indicted in Bhutto murder caseA court in Pakistan has formally indicted former military dictator Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday with the murder of former premier Benazir Bhutto who was assassinated in 2007. "He should be tried," the More… |
Pakistan judge remands Musharraf in custodyA Pakistani court remanded former president Pervez Musharraf in custody for two weeks on Saturday as judges pushed ahead with plans to put the former army chief on trial for a crackdown on the judiciary during his time in offic More… |
Musharraf put under house arrestA Pakistani judge placed former president and army chief Pervez Musharraf under house arrest on Friday in the boldest step yet by the country's courts against senior military officers long deemed untouchable by the law. More… |
Ex-President Musharraf returns to PakistanPakistan's former President Pervez Musharraf returned home on Sunday after nearly four years of self-imposed exile despite the possibility of arrest and a threat from the Taliban to kill him. More… |
Taliban threatens to kill Musharraf on returnPakistan's Taliban have threatened to despatch suicide bombers and snipers to kill former President Pervez Musharraf when he returns home from exile on Sunday to contest elections. In a Taliban video obtained by Reuters, Adnan More… |
Court orders seizure of Musharraf's propertyA Pakistani court has ordered the confiscation of exiled former president Pervez Musharraf's property and the freezing of his Pakistan bank accounts over accusations that he failed to provide security for assassinated former prime minister Benazir More… |
Musharraf faces arrest on returnFormer president Pervez Musharraf would face arrest if he returned to Pakistan after police registered a case against him on Tuesday over his detention of judges during a political crisis in 2007. The military dictator, who came to power i More… |
Musharraf shuns Pakistan court hearingA Pakistan Supreme Court hearing into allegations of misrule by former president Pervez Musharraf resumed on Wednesday, without any lawyers present to defend the ex-army chief, who left for London two months ago. Last week, a 14-member ben More… |
Pakistan defuses crisis, to restore top judgePakistan's government agreed today (March 16) to reinstate a chief justice to defuse a political crisis and end a street agitation threatening to turn into violent confrontation. Iftikhar Chaudhry, former chief justice, became a cause cele More… |