PAKISTAN'S former military ruler Pervez Musharraf has been arrested over the murder of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, prosecutors say.
The Bhutto case is the second of three cases dating back to his 1999-2008 rule for which Mr Musharraf has been arrested.
The latest arrest came a day after a Pakistani court refused to extend his bail.
Mr Musharraf will remain in his villa on the edge of Islamabad, where he is already under a two-week house arrest over his decision to sack judges when he imposed emergency rule in 2007.
"Today, FIA (federal investigative agency) formally arrested General Musharraf in the Benazir Bhutto case," prosecution lawyer Chaudhry Azhar said. On Wednesday, a court in Rawalpindi, the garrison city twinned to Islamabad where Bhutto was killed, rejected Mr Musharraf's bail application.
Mr Musharraf is accused of conspiracy to murder Bhutto, who died in a gun and suicide attack in December 2007.
Mr Musharraf's government blamed Bhutto's killing on the Pakistani Taliban.
AFP
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