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Pervez Musharraf gets bail ahead of return to
Pakistan
Friday March 22, 2013 08:25:40 PM,
Agencies
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Islamabad:
A court in Pakistan Friday granted protective bail to former
president Pervez Musharraf who faces arrest in the country, just
two days ahead of his expected return to Pakistan after nearly
five years in self exile, a media report said.
Musharraf, 70, has been living in exile in Britain and the United
Arab Emirates since he resigned as the president in August 2008.
He had earlier announced that he will return to his country March
24.
An anti-terrorism court had issued an arrest warrant in 2011 for
Musharraf in connection with the assassination of former prime
minister Benazir Bhutto.
In October 2012, a warrant was also issued for his arrest over the
killing of Baloch leader Akbar Bugti in a military operation in
August 2006.
Musharraf has denied all charges and will defend himself in court
after his return to Pakistan.
Musharraf had approached the Sindh High Court in Karachi. On
Friday, judges granted him protective bail, his defence lawyer
Ahmad Raza Kasuri was quoted as saying by Xinhua.
The court Friday directed the former president to submit bail
money amounting to Rs.100,000 in each case.
The 14-day protective bail was granted in response to a
constitutional petition submitted in the court by Musharraf's
daughter Ayla Raza Musharraf on behalf of her father.
The petition prayed to the court for protective bail to enable the
former president to appear in the trial court to defend himself.
Musharraf, who ruled Pakistan from 1999 to 2008 after seizing
power in 1999 in a bloodless coup, has also been charged with
imposing emergency and dismissing many judges.
Cases have also been registered for ordering a military raid on a
mosque in Islamabad.
Pakistan will hold general elections May 11.
While in exile, Musharraf launched his own political party, the
All Pakistan Muslim League, and said he will lead the election
campaign.
The party will field candidates to almost all seats in the general
elections.
"My return is in the interest of Pakistan. The country's future is
at stake and there is a need of a positive change in the country,"
Musharraf earlier said in Dubai.
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