‘Musharraf could be acquitted in Bhutto murder case’

Pakistan’s former military ruler Pervez Musharraf could be acquitted in the Benazir Bhutto murder case due to lack of evidence as key witnesses have retraced their statements implicating him, his lawyer said today.

Former prime minister Bhutto was killed in 2007 in Rawalpindi as she came out of a park after addressing an election rally. Musharraf, 71, was president of the country at that time but he resigned in 2008 under popular public pressure.

Later, he was implicated in Bhutto’s murder case in 2010.

Dawn reported that case against Musharraf was built on four witnesses, including former interior secretary Syed Kamal Shah, former director general of the National Crisis Management Cell (NCMC) retired Brigadier Javed Iqbal Cheema, former IB director general retired Brig Ejaz Shah and the US lobbyist Mark Siegel.