World IN BRIEF : PAKISTAN : Bhutto Mate Cleared of Defrauding Bank
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
A special court in Karachi acquitted the husband of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto on charges of defrauding a state bank. Justice Fakharuddin Sheik found Asif Ali Zardari innocent of charges he defrauded Habib Bank by obtaining an unsecured loan of $10.5 million for a friend to start a chain of duty-free shops across Pakistan. Zardari still faces trial on charges of kidnaping, extortion and murder in connection with the Aug. 22 killings of 28 supporters of a rival party.
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