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                 Former Pakistani Ruler Musharraf Granted Bail

   by Reuters

   A Pakistani court on Monday granted bail to former army chief and
   president Pervez Musharraf who has been under house arrest on charges
   of failing to provide adequate security for former prime minister
   Benazir Bhutto before her 2007 assassination.
   Musharraf, who took power in a 1999 coup, returned to Pakistan in March
   to contest a May 11 general election after nearly four years of
   self-imposed exile, but he was disqualified from standing because of
   pending court cases.
   The election was won by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz [PML-N] of
   Nawaz Sharif, the prime minister Musharraf ousted in his coup 14 years
   ago.
   Musharraf became the first former army chief to be arrested, breaking
   an unwritten rule that the top ranks of the military are untouchable,
   even after they have retired. But the current army chief has suggested
   the military is unhappy with how authorities have treated Musharraf.
   On April 20, a court remanded the former president in custody for two
   weeks as judges pushed ahead with plans to put Musharraf on trial for a
   crackdown on the judiciary during his time in office.
   On April 30, an anti-terrorism court put Musharraf on 14-day judicial
   remand for charges of failing to provide adequate security for Bhutto
   before her 2007 assassination.
   The acceptance of the former commando's bail application could see him
   leave the country despite the fact that the Supreme Court has directed
   that he should stay put.
   Many observers believe a face-saving reason for his departure, perhaps
   on grounds of ill health, will be found.
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