Court acquits Musharraf of rebel leader's killing

A Pakistani court acquitted former military ruler Pervez Musharraf on Monday of the 2006 killing of a Baloch rebel leader, one of three legal cases he faced after returning from exile, lawyers said.

The decision was the first significant ruling in the cases, which include the murder of former leader Benazir Bhutto in 2007 and treason, since Musharraf was indicted in 2015 for the killing of nationalist leader Nawab Akbar Bugti.

A spokesman for Musharraf said he was happy with the ruling, which "will restore the people's confidence in the judiciary".