{"id":43699,"date":"2013-10-10T12:42:03","date_gmt":"2013-10-10T09:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=43699"},"modified":"2013-10-10T12:42:03","modified_gmt":"2013-10-10T09:42:03","slug":"after-granting-of-bail-will-musharraf-leave-pakistan-now-43699","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/after-granting-of-bail-will-musharraf-leave-pakistan-now-43699\/","title":{"rendered":"After granting of bail, will Musharraf leave Pakistan now?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Will Pakistan\u2019s former military ruler and president Parvez Musharraf, \u00a0who was granted much needed bail by Pakistan\u2019s Supreme court yesterday, leave the country and shift to Dubai or London?<\/h1>\n

Islamabad, Oct 10\/Nationalturk \u2013 After granting of bail by Supreme Court in the murder case of former Balochistan rebel leader Nawab Akbar Bugti, Pakistan\u2019s former military ruler and President Parvez Musharraf is a free man now. However, the million dollar question is will he leave Pakistan now and shift to Dubai or London.<\/p>\n

Pakistan\u2019s Supreme Court yesterday granted bail to Musharraf in the murder case of Akbar Bugti, who had challenged government writ and was killed in military action in 2006 during Musharraf\u2019s rule.<\/p>\n

Supreme Court\u2019s three-member bench comprising Justice Nasir-ul-Mulk, Justice Sarmad Jalal Usmani and Justice Musheer Alam granted bail to Musharraf after finding no substantial evidence to involve him in the Nawab Bugti\u2019s murder.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a case of criminal conspiracy for which solid evidences are required, and due to the prosecution\u2019s unavailability to produce evidences, there is no justification for rejection of the bail plea,\u201d the court said.<\/p>\n

The former military ruler, who was under detention at his Chak Shahzad farm house in Islamabad from last five months, was asked to deposit two surety bonds of Rs1 million each.<\/p>\n

Musharraf will remain under heavy guard<\/h2>\n

Sources said Musharraf is likely to remain under heavy guard at his farm house, where he has been under house arrest since April, because of serious threats to his life from Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants.<\/p>\n

Earlier, Musharraf had been granted bail by Pakistani courts in two high profile cases, including murder of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto and judges\u2019 detention case.<\/p>\n

Musharraf had been implicated in four cases \u2013 promulgation of Emergency on Nov 3, 2007, judges\u2019 detention case, and murder cases of ex-PM Benazir Bhutto and Nawab Akbar Bugti. Now he has been given bail in three cases while no challan has been filed in another case pertaining to high treason.<\/p>\n

The former military ruler\u2019s lawyers told media persons that Musharraf was a free man now as the apex court had granted bail to him.<\/p>\n

\u2018Musharraf is free man and can go everywhere\u2019<\/h3>\n

\u201cHe (Musharraf) was now a free man and could go everywhere, even abroad,\u201d said Ahmed Raza Kasuri, head of the Musharraf\u2019s defence team<\/p>\n

He told a wire news agency that Musharraf can fly to Dubai to meet his ailing mother once the legal formalities are completed.<\/p>\n

Musharraf, who became the first former army chief of Pakistan to be arrested, was army chief when he took power in a 1999 coup and overthrew then PM Nawaz Sharif\u2019s government . He later became president as well. He stepped down after PPP of assassinated former prime minister Benazir Bhutto won an election in 2008. He returned to Pakistan in March after nearly four years of self-imposed exile to contest a May 11 general election, but he was disqualified from standing because of pending court cases. The May election was won by the party of Nawaz Sharif \u2013 the prime minister Musharraf ousted in his coup 14 years ago.<\/p>\n

During the legal battles, he was detained and placed under house arrest at his Chak Shahzad farm house, where a large contingent of police and paramilitary commandos remained deployed 24×7 in view of threat to his life.<\/p>\n

Political observers are divided whether Musharraf can leave Pakistan now. \u201cMusharraf cannot fly abroad as his name is included in the Exit Control List (ECL). As long as Musharraf\u2019s name is included in the ECL, he cannot go abroad,\u201d some observers said.<\/p>\n

However, others believe that since he (Musharraf) is not wanted in any case, his name from ECL can be removed anytime and he can leave country, possibly on health grounds.<\/p>\n

\u201cPakistan\u2019s current army chief General Kayani has also expressed his displeasure over the way Musharraf was treated. Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif would prefer him to leave the country rather than becoming another headache for him,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n

Write your comments and thoughts below<\/em><\/p>\n

Faiz Ahmad \/ NationalTurk Pakistan News<\/strong><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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