WORLD : Bhutto Faces Trial on 2nd Count
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LAHORE, Pakistan — Ousted Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto today was ordered to stand trial on a second corruption charge.
A special one-judge court ruled that the army-backed caretaker government presented enough evidence to indict the former premier and set a trial date of Oct. 9.
Bhutto is accused of canceling lucrative contracts for the distribution of liquefied gas and giving them to friends and relatives.
On Sunday, Bhutto, 37, was ordered to stand trial Oct. 2 on another corruption charge, this one involving the alleged illegal sale of government-owned land to a cousin.
If convicted, Bhutto could be barred from the Oct. 24 elections.
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