Pakistan's former president Pervez Musharraf was today named as an accused in an interim charge sheet filed by prosecutors in the Bhutto case in an anti-terrorism court. The court is conducting the trial of suspects charged with involvement in assassination of ex-premier Benazir Bhutto.Musharraf, who has been living in self-exile in Britain since early 2009, was named as an accused in the interim Challan or charge sheet filed by the federal investigation agency in the anti-terrorism court in Rawalpindi, the state-tv reported.A report by a UN commission that probed the Bhutto assassination had blamed Musharraf for failing to take adequate steps to provide security to former premier. Bhutto was killed by a suicide attacker in Rawalpindi in December 2007 during an election rally in Rawalpindi. Musharraf was then President of Pakistan.
News On AIR | February 7, 2011 5:37 PM
Musharraf named as accused in Bhutto's assassination