RAWALPINDI: Pakistan’s former military ruler Pervez Musharraf was back in court on Wednesday to have his bail extended over allegations that he conspired to murder opposition leader Benazir Bhutto in 2007. “The court has extended General Musharraf’s bail until April 24,” one of his lawyers, Afshan Adil, told AFP. Bail had been posted at $10,000, she added. Musharraf, who returned home from four years of self-imposed exile last month, arrived at the court in Rawalpindi under tight security as his supporters scuffled with lawyers opposed to the retired general. Musharraf and his lawyers have been in and out of court numerous times to get his bail extended over the 2007 killing of former prime minister Bhutto, the death of a rebel leader from Balochistan in 2006 and for arresting judges in 2007. On Tuesday, he was disqualified from contesting next month’s elections over the host of cases dating back to his 1999-2008 rule, effectively ending his ambitions for a comeback at the ballot box on May 11.
