Judge accuses Musharraf of ‘malice’
Pakistan court is told president had suspended chief justice illegally detained.
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Chaudhry was quoted as saying he rejected Musharraf’s offers of another job and told him: “I wouldn’t resign … I am innocent.”
In another development, three Pakistani journalists working for foreign news organisations in Karachi found bullets placed in their cars in what a local media body described on Wednesday as an attempt to intimidate the press into silence.
Mazhar Abbas, secretary-general of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists, said: “It is very threatening. This is a serious issue. It is an attempt to gag the press, but we will not compromise on our objectivity.”
An envelope containing a bullet was taped to the windscreens of vehicles belonging two journalists, while a similar envelope was thrown inside the car of a third late on Tuesday.
Karachi has been tense since May 12, when nearly 40 people were killed in clashes between rival political groups that disrupted a visit to the city by Chaudhry.
The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), an ally of Musharraf’s and member of the coalition, has denied accusations that its workers played a big part in the Karachi bloodshed.
Last week, a group associated with MQM issued a list of a dozen journalists, terming them “enemies”.
Two of the journalists who received bullets were on the list.