Former President of Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf, has been issued an arrest warrant by the Anti Terrorist Court in Rawalpindi. He is being accused of the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, who was running against him for presidency in 2007. A United Nations panel found him guilty of not providing adequate protection, and intelligence agencies hindered the subsequent investigation. The panel believes that the assassination by a suicide bomber that killed him could have been prevented, but Pervez Musharraf says he had afforded adequate protection. Musharraf's legal adviser believes the charges against him are politically motivated and baseless. Last year, Musharraf started a political party to run in the next election in 2013 because he believes Pakistan is suffering and the current political officials are not doing enough to fix it. He also believes the accusations against him are now arising due to his return to the political game after he gave himself a self-imposed exile to London in 2008 after he resigned presidency. As for now, he is going to have to defend himself in front of a court against these accusations.
By Peter Zafiropoulos
http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/02/12/pakistan.musharraf.warrant/index.html?npt=NP1
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