RAWALPINDI: Former military chief Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday appeared before an Anti Terrorism Court (ATC) for the first time over the murder of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.
Musharraf is accused of conspiracy to murder Benazir Bhutto, who died in a gun and suicide attack in December 2007. It is one of three cases he is fighting in the courts since returning home last month after four years in self-imposed exile.
His arrest and disqualification from contesting elections on May 11 have been a humiliating blow for the former chief of Pakistan.
Despite a heavy police and paramilitary presence, scuffles broke out between lawyers and Musharraf supporters, who threw stones and beat each other with sticks outside the court building, an AFP reporter said.
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