Summary Hearing of the case was adjourned till August 27.
RAWALPINDI (Web Desk) - An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan on Tuesday indicted former military ruler Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf on charges of conspiracy to murder late opposition leader Benazir Bhutto.
It was the first time that any of the four generals who have ruled Pakistan have been indicted.
Others who have been indicted in the case include Former DIG Saud Aziz‚ Superintendent of Police Khurram Aijaz‚ Rafaqat Hussain‚ Hussnain Gul‚ Sher Zaman and Abdul Rashid.
A formal trial could begin any time. If convicted, Musharraf could face a maximum sentence of death or life imprisonment, a prosecution lawyer said.
Musharraf pleaded not guilty when the judge in Rawalpindi city near the capital Islamabad read out the charge sheet against him.
The former president, under house arrest at his farmhouse in Islamabad for more than three months, was taken to the court under tight security.
There had been some doubt whether police would produce him in the court due to death threats by Tehreek-e-Taliban. Taliban insurgents had said in recent weeks that they would send suicide bombers to kill Pervez Musharraf.
The expected indictment was temporarily postponed at an August 6 hearing because police did not take Musharraf to court due to a specific threat.
Defence lawyer Ahmed Raza Kasuri said his client would fight the charges.
Benazir Bhutto, who was twice elected prime minister, was assassinated in a gun and bomb attack in December 2007.
Musharraf is fighting a series of charges relating to his time in power, which began with him ousting Nawaz Sharif in a 1999 military coup.
Nawaz Sharif is now back in power having emphatically won elections earlier this year. His government has said that it also plans to put Musharraf on trial for treason.
