Pakistani police took former president and army chief Pervez Musharraf into custody on Friday after a magistrate ordered him to be put under house arrest for two days."He's been shifted to a police guest house for two days of remand," Mohammad Amjad, Musharraf's spokesman, told Reuters.Police earlier Friday escorted Musharraf from the courtroom to his residence on the edge of Islamabad where he must remain for two days ahead of a hearing over allegations he unlawfully detained judges during a 2007 showdown with the judiciary,
jordan pas cher.There were conflicting reports about when or whether he would return home, with some supporters suggesting he may stay in police custody until he next appears before an anti-terrorism court in two days' time.Musharraf took to Facebook to say he would fight the charges,
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beats headphones.While the sight of a former army commander being arrested is sure to rankle some in the military, who see the army as the only reliable guarantor of Pakistan's stability, Musharraf's return has also bemused some former comrades."I don't think the army was in favor of him returning and tried to dissuade him," said General Hamid Khan,
beats by dre, a former senior army commander. "But he decided to come, and now he has to face this,
http://www.foceng.com/toryburch.html/. The army is staying out of it."Commentators say it is clear that Musharraf is finished politically. He was on Tuesday disqualified from contesting the elections,
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