Musharraf unhurt in convoy blaze

Dubai - A car in the convoy of Pakistan's military ruler, Gen Pervez Musharraf, caught fire during his visit to Saudi Arabia …

Dubai - A car in the convoy of Pakistan's military ruler, Gen Pervez Musharraf, caught fire during his visit to Saudi Arabia yesterday but the army general was unhurt, officials said.

"One car in the convoy in which our defence attache based in Riyadh was travelling caught fire, apparently from an electric problem, but everybody is fine," an official at the Pakistani consulate said.

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