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Originally Posted by Free Parking
From what I heard, though I could be wrong, she refused extra security because she didn't trust Musharraf's security guys.
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You could be right too. Seems it's quite easy to make up charges when politics is involved.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/2228796.stm
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None of about 18 corruption and criminal cases against Mr Zardari has been proved in court after 10 years. But he served at least eight years in jail.
He was freed on bail in 2004, amid accusations that the charges against him were weak and going nowhere.
Ms Bhutto also steadfastly denied all the corruption charges against her, which she said were politically motivated.
She faced corruption charges in at least five cases, all without a conviction, until amnestied in October 2007.
General Musharraf
President Pervez Musharraf granted Ms Bhutto and others an amnesty
She was convicted in 1999 for failing to appear in court, but the Supreme Court later overturned that judgement.
Soon after the conviction, audiotapes of conversations between the judge and some top aides of then Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif were discovered that showed that the judge had been under pressure to convict.