A Pakistan court has refused bail to former military ruler and president Pervez Musharraf over the detention of judges during his 1999-2008 rule, the state prosecutor said. The ruling came two days after a court granted bail to Musharraf over the murder of former premier Benazir Bhutto, who was assassinated in 2007. Musharraf has been detained in his farmhouse on the edge of the capital Islamabad since April 19 on charges of conspiracy to murder Benazir and over the judges” detention case, reports the Daily Times. Prosecutor Aamir Nadeem Tabish said that judges and their family members had been detained in their homes for months; their children were not allowed to appear in examinations, and that the charges against the former army strongman were of a serious nature, and therefore Musharraf should not be granted bail. He further said that the emergency imposed by Musharraf in the country on November 3, 2007 was detrimental not only to the judges but for the public at large. However, Musharraf”s counsel, Ilyas Siddiqui, claimed that his client never gave the order to detain judges, adding that there was no proof against him. (ANI)
