Musharraf gets election go-ahead
Pakistan has given Pervez Musharraf the go-ahead to run in general elections next month.
General Musharraf will be a candidate in the remote northern district of Chitral, after being rejected in two other parts of the country.
The former general, who led Pakistan for nine years after seizing power in a military coup, returned to the country from self-imposed exile last month.
He is facing a number of charges relating to his time in office. Among them is the accusation he failed to provide adequate security for former PM Benazir Bhutto ahead of her assassination in 2007.
He is also wanted in connection with the murder of a Baloch tribal leader, Nawab Akbar Bugti, and for sacking the entire higher judiciary in November 2007. The former president has described the cases against him as “baseless” and politically motivated.