Musharraf gets pre-arrest bail before his return to Pakistan
23 March 2013 6:16 AM IST
Clearing the way for his homecoming, a Pakistani court on Friday granted former military ruler Pervez Musharraf pre-arrest bail in several cases in some of which he has been declared a proclaimed offender.
The Sindh High Court granted a 10 day bail period to the 69-year-old former president who is expected to return to Karachi on March 24 after being in exile since 2009. The high court also granted Musharraf a pre-arrest bail in the Akbar Bugti and Benazir Bhutto murder cases. Reacting to the court’s ruling Mushrraf tweeted, ‘I am happy to learn the (Sindh High Court) has granted me relief by authorising pre-arrest bail in all the politically motivated cases filed against me.’
A spokesman for Musharraf's All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) said that the first application for pre-arrest bail was in relation to the Provisional Constitutional Order Judges case which dates back to 2007.
The Sindh High Court granted a 10 day bail period to the 69-year-old former president who is expected to return to Karachi on March 24 after being in exile since 2009. The high court also granted Musharraf a pre-arrest bail in the Akbar Bugti and Benazir Bhutto murder cases. Reacting to the court’s ruling Mushrraf tweeted, ‘I am happy to learn the (Sindh High Court) has granted me relief by authorising pre-arrest bail in all the politically motivated cases filed against me.’
A spokesman for Musharraf's All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) said that the first application for pre-arrest bail was in relation to the Provisional Constitutional Order Judges case which dates back to 2007.
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