Musharraf's arrest sought
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February 22, 2012, Wednesday
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PAKISTAN will ask Interpol to arrest ex-President Pervez Musharraf for his failure to prevent the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, the interior minister said yesterday.
Rehman Malik said the government was seeking Musharraf's arrest because he allegedly failed to provide adequate security for Bhutto, who was killed in a gun and suicide bomb attack in 2007.
Musharraf went into self-exile in Britain in 2008 after being forced out of the presidency he secured in a 1999 military coup. The current government is being run by Musharraf's political rivals, and the president is Bhutto's widower.
Musharraf, who wants to return to Pakistan to contest elections likely this year, told a local television channel that the government was playing politics. He has repeatedly denied any legal responsibility for the killing.
A Pakistani court issued an arrest warrant for Musharraf last year over the allegations.
Rehman Malik said the government was seeking Musharraf's arrest because he allegedly failed to provide adequate security for Bhutto, who was killed in a gun and suicide bomb attack in 2007.
Musharraf went into self-exile in Britain in 2008 after being forced out of the presidency he secured in a 1999 military coup. The current government is being run by Musharraf's political rivals, and the president is Bhutto's widower.
Musharraf, who wants to return to Pakistan to contest elections likely this year, told a local television channel that the government was playing politics. He has repeatedly denied any legal responsibility for the killing.
A Pakistani court issued an arrest warrant for Musharraf last year over the allegations.
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