Dunya News - ECL case: Musharraf can travel abroad if verdict not contested
- 10 years ago
The Sindh High Court on Thursday ordered Pakistan s government to lift a travel ban on former military ruler Pervez Musharraf in 15 days time, his lawyer said, possibly drawing a line under a raft of legal troubles.
Musharraf has been battling several court cases since he returned to Pakistan last year to fight elections, including treason charges for imposing emergency rule in 2007.
"The court has allowed our appeal and ordered to strike down Musharraf s name from the Exit Control List. The order will be executed after 15 days," lawyer Farogh Naseem told AFP.
The delayed execution of the order "will give time to the government to appeal in a superior court if they so desire", he added.
Musharraf, 70, flew to Karachi in April to undergo medical tests.
He has said he wants the travel ban lifted so he can visit his sick mother in Dubai, but many in Pakistan see it as a ruse to flee the country and avoid the litany of criminal cases against him dating back to his 1999-2008 rule.
He also faces several murder cases.
The former president has been staying with his daughter in Karachi where he travelled for the tests at a navy-run hospital.
Musharraf has been battling several court cases since he returned to Pakistan last year to fight elections, including treason charges for imposing emergency rule in 2007.
"The court has allowed our appeal and ordered to strike down Musharraf s name from the Exit Control List. The order will be executed after 15 days," lawyer Farogh Naseem told AFP.
The delayed execution of the order "will give time to the government to appeal in a superior court if they so desire", he added.
Musharraf, 70, flew to Karachi in April to undergo medical tests.
He has said he wants the travel ban lifted so he can visit his sick mother in Dubai, but many in Pakistan see it as a ruse to flee the country and avoid the litany of criminal cases against him dating back to his 1999-2008 rule.
He also faces several murder cases.
The former president has been staying with his daughter in Karachi where he travelled for the tests at a navy-run hospital.