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Zardari returned to Pakistan from Dubai today, his spokesman, Farhatullah Babar, said. The benchmark Karachi Stock Exchange 100 Index rose 0.9 percent at 11:15 a.m. local time. The court’s probe will be led by Chief Justice Muhammad Iftikhar Chaudhry, who has challenged both Zardari and the previous president, army General Pervez Musharraf. Chaudhry last year ordered the revival of corruption investigations against Zardari and 8,000 officials, and in 2007 he confronted Musharraf in a dispute that led to the general’s ouster from power. Argyle Knit UGG BootsIn testimonies presented to the court, Kayani and Pasha said they found Ijaz’s evidence credible. They called for a probe into an affair that Kayani said had sought to lower the morale of the military, according to Dawn newspaper. The government challenged the court’s jurisdiction on grounds that Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has ordered a parliamentary investigation, Dawn reported, citing court submissions. Zardari didn’t deliver a deposition.