Pakistani court lifts travel ban on ex-President Musharraf
The attorney says Musharraf has been ill for a long time and may need to travel abroad for treatment
A defense lawyer says Pakistan’s Supreme Court has lifted a travel ban imposed on the country’s former president, Pervez Musharraf.
Farogh Naseem says the ban, imposed in early 2013, was removed in Wednesday’s court ruling.
The attorney says Musharraf has been ill for a long time and may need to travel abroad for treatment. The 70-year-old Musharraf took power in a 1999 coup by dismissing the government of then-and-now Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. He stepped down in 2008 and left Pakistan.
He returned to the country in March 2013, hoping for a political comeback but instead became embroiled in court cases, including one that involved treason charges.
Musharraf’s spokeswoman Aasia Ishaq told Aaj News TV that he will go abroad for treatment only to return back to his country.
Also Read
-
Pakistan reports new 'honor killing' after Oscars triumph
Investigators said the father killed his 18-year-old daughter after she failed to tell him where she had been for about five hours Features -
Uber gives pakistan drivers classes to deter sex harassment
Uber is teaching its drivers in Pakistan how not to sexually harass women after the popular transport app launched in the conservative country Variety -
Pakistan hangs bodyguard who killed governor over blasphemy case
The governor had championed the cause of a Christian woman sentenced to death in a blasphemy case Gulf -
Pakistan has 24 million children out of school: government
A staggering 24 million Pakistani children are out of school, a new government report showed Features
