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Musharraf returns to Pakistan
Sunday March 24, 2013 02:05:37 PM,
IANS
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Islamabad: Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf returned home Sunday after being in self-exile for over
four years to take part in the May parliamentary election, his
party said.
A plane carrying Musharraf, leaders of his party and media
personnel from Dubai landed in the port city of Karachi where his
supporters accorded him a warm welcome.
Two days before his arrival, a court in Pakistan
had on Friday granted protective bail to former
president Pervez Musharraf who faced 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.
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