Musharraf to be charged with Bhutto murder

Rehman fixed August 6 to be the date to formally charge 69-year-old Musharraf.

The former Presidents indictment would be an unprecedented move in a country ruled by military for more than half of its life.

The Rawalpindi court is hearing the case of the killing of two-time prime minister Bhutto.

Bhutto was assassinated in a gun-and-bomb attack outside Rawalpindis Liaquat Bagh on December 27,2007,while Musharraf was president. She was killed after addressing an election campaign rally in the city.

State prosecutor Chaudhry Azhar Ali told media that Musharraf will be produced at the next hearing on August 6. The charges relating to criminal conspiracy and murder will be read out before Musharraf and he will have to sign the chargesheet,he said.

Rehman ordered the police that the accused should be present in the court to sign the charge sheet and respond to the charges.

Musharraf was not produced in court in the last two hearings due to security reasons,prompting the judge to reprimand the police and order them to present the accused.