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Pakistan court acquits Musharraf of rebel leader's killing

Published: 18 Jan 2016 - 10:59 am | Last Updated: 30 Nov 2021 - 04:58 am
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Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf 

 

Quetta, Pakistan: A Pakistani court Monday acquitted former military ruler Pervez Musharraf over the 2006 killing of a Baloch rebel leader, one of three legal cases he faced after returning from exile, lawyers and his co-accused said.

"The court has dismissed all the charges against former ruler Pervez Musharraf and all those named in the case," Aftab Sherpao, a former interior minister also named in the case, told media in the southwestern city of Quetta. 

The anti-terror court's ruling regarding the killing of Nawab Akbar Bugti was confirmed by lawyers on both sides. 

AFP