From Thursday's BBC article, "
Pakistan's Pervez Musharraf: Court orders ex-ruler's arrest:"
A court has ordered the arrest of Gen Pervez Musharraf over his attempt when Pakistan's military ruler to impose house arrest on judges in March 2007.
Mr Musharraf was present at the Islamabad High Court when the judges issued the order. He had been seeking to extend bail in the case.
Police present made no attempt to arrest him as he left the court.
A statement from his office described the court order as "ill-conceived and unwarranted judicial activism".
It said that the order was "seemingly motivated by personal vendettas" since Mr Musharraf's return to Pakistan to participate in general elections in May.
An appeal is being made to the Supreme Court, the statement said.
When I
posted about Musharraf last month, shortly after his return to Pakistan, I recommended
A Case of Exploding Mangoes by Mohammed Hanif:
Ali Shigri, Pakistan Air Force pilot and Silent Drill Commander of the Fury Squadron, is on a mission to avenge his father's suspicious death, which the government calls a suicide. Ali's target is none other than General Zia ul-Haq, dictator of Pakistani. Enlisting a rag-tag group of conspirators...Ali sets his elaborate plan in motion. There's only one problem: the line of would-be Zia assassins is longer than he could have possibly known.
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