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State TV: Arrest warrant for Pakistan’s Musharraf

The Columbian
Published: February 11, 2011, 12:00am

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani state television says an anti-terrorism court judge has issued an arrest warrant for former military ruler Pervez Musharraf in connection with the 2007 assassination of ex-Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.

Pakistan Television says the warrant was issued Saturday. Judge Rana Nisar Ahmad has also ordered Musharraf to appear before the court on Feb. 19.

Bhutto was killed Dec. 27, 2007, in a gun and suicide bomb blast during a rally weeks after returning to Pakistan to campaign in new elections. Many of her supporters accuse Musharraf of not doing enough to ensure her protection.

Musharraf left Pakistan for London more than two years ago. His spokesman Saif Ali Khan told a private channel Musharraf will defend himself before the court “at an appropriate time.”

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