Musharraf leaves Pakistan for treatment after ban lifted
Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf has left the country on medical grounds after the removal of a ban against his travelling abroad.
Musharraf left Karachi for Dubai in the early hours of Friday morning to receive spinal treatment, which his lawyers have said cannot be properly taken care of in Pakistan.
The lawyers had successfully appealed against the ban, citing his health condition and providing the required assurance that he would return to face a slew of charges against him.
The Sindh High Court, the highest judicial establishment in the country’s southeastern Sindh Province, ruled last June that the travel restriction be lifted, but the federal government, headed by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, appealed the verdict.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the court’s decision to lift the ban.
"Six to eight weeks are required for the treatment and then he would go back home," said Amjad Malik, a spokesman for Musharraf's All Pakistan Muslim League party in Dubai.
In March 2013, Musharraf returned to Pakistan after nearly four years of self-imposed exile in London and Dubai.
Since returning, he has faced legal proceedings over alleged treason for declaring emergency rule in 2007 and charges linked to the assassination of former prime minister, Benazir Bhutto.
He is also charged with unlawfully dismissing the country’s judges during his tenure.
Observers say the government of Prime Minister Sharif, whom Musharraf ousted in a coup in 1999, lacks the will to offend Pakistan’s powerful military by pushing for Musharraf’s prosecution.
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