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                    Pakistan Court Orders Musharraf's Arrest

   A Pakistani court has rejected the bail request of former president
   Pervez Musharraf and has ordered his arrest for dismissing judges when
   he was in power in 2007.
   Police made no immediate move to arrest the former military ruler when
   he left the Islamabad courtroom Thursday, flanked by his bodyguards.
   Mohammad Amjad, secretary general of Mr. Musharraf`s All-Pakistan
   Muslim League, says the former leader`s lawyers would lodge an appeal
   against the arrest order at the supreme court, later in the day.
   Authorities say Mr. Musharraf was driven to his farm house on the
   outskirts of Islamabad.
   It was not immediately clear when or if the former president would be
   arrested.
   Mr. Musharraf seized power in a military coup in 1999. He was forced to
   step down in 2008, under threat of impeachment.
   He lived in self-imposed exile for about four years before returning to
   Pakistan, late last month, with plans to run for parliament in general
   elections next month. Since his return, courts have ruled him
   ineligible for the poll.
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