Taliban plans to kidnap Pervez Musharraf

Islamabad: Pakistani intelligence agencies has said that the Taliban have made plans to kidnap former military ruler Pervez Musharraf, who is currently being held at his private residence in Islamabad after being arrested in several criminal cases.
A car rigged with a huge amount of explosives was recently found near
Musharraf’s farmhouse on the outskirts of Islamabad, which was declared a “sub-jail” after he was arrested last week when a court revoked his bail in a case over the detention of dozens of judges during the 2007 emergency.
On Friday, Musharraf was formally arrested by the Federal Investigation Agency in the 2007 assassination of former premier Benazir Bhutto. Musharraf has been accused of failing to provide adequate security to Bhutto, who was killed by a suicide bomber after addressing an election rally in Rawalpindi.
Musharraf returned to Pakistan last month after nearly four years of self-exile, promising to “save” the country from economic ruin and militancy. However, he was barred from running in the May 11 general election, which will mark the first democratic transition of power in Pakistan’s history. He is facing several serious criminal cases.
Lawyers have petitioned the Supreme Court to put him on trial for treason for imposing emergency in 2007 and he faces charges over the death of Baloch leader Akbar Bugti in a 2006 military operation.