Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan's former president, will face arrest if he returns to the country, after police in Islamabad yesterday registered a case against him over his detention of judges during a political crisis in 2007.
It is the first time in Pakistan's 62-year history that such a case has been brought against a former military ruler. It was not immediately clear whether Mr Musharraf, currently in London, would return to contest the case.
Pakistan has been ruled by army generals for more than half its life as an independent state and the military is still considered an influential institution.
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