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 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - An anti-corruption court on Friday quashed the last outstanding charge in Pakistan against the husband of slain former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, clearing the way for him to lead her party into a new coalition government.
With the newly elected parliament convening Monday, the ruling lifted a potential roadblock to Asif Ali Zardari taking a role in the Cabinet. There is speculation he may seek to become prime minister; Pakistani law bars anyone convicted of a crime from holding office.
A judge in Rawalpindi, a city near the capital, Islamabad, acquitted Zardari in a case involving the importation of a German limousine.
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