ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI: A Pakistani anti-terrorist court in Quetta has indicted former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf in the the murder case of Baloch tribal leader Akbar Bugti, TV channels reported on Wednesday.
The court was hearing the case relating to the murder of Bugti who was killed in an army operation in 2006.
Musharraf was the army chief when the operation against Bugti was ordered.
Since returning to Pakistan from self-exile in March last year, Musharraf is facing prosecution in four major cases, including Bugti’s killing and for his alleged involvement in the murder of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto in 2007.
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Musharraf was also indicted on March 31 for high treason for suspending, subverting and abrogating the Constitution, imposing an emergency in the country in November 2007 and detaining judges of the superior courts.
The former army chief, who is the first military ruler in Pakistan’s history to be tried in court, has rejected all charges levelled against him.
(With inputs from agencies.)
TOI | Jan 14, 2015
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