Agence France Presse,  August 20, 2013

PAKISTAN's ex-military ruler Pervez Musharraf has been indicted on three counts over the murder of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, who died in a gun and suicide attack in December 2007.

Bringing charges against a former army chief is an unprecedented move in a country ruled for more than half of its life by the military and considered the single most powerful institution.

It is one of a series of cases that Musharraf has faced since returning from self-imposed exile earlier this year. He seized power in a bloodless coup in 1999 and was forced out in 2008.

"He was charged with murder, criminal conspiracy for murder and facilitation for murder," public prosecutor Chaudhry Azhar said at the anti-terrorism court in Rawalpindi hearing the case. Musharraf, 69, who was bundled ito the court amid high security, denied the charges and the case was adjourned until August 27 [....]