Embattled Pervez Musharraf, facing treason and other charges, may be able to fly abroad after a gap of 14 months, with a court ordering the Pakistan Government to lift a travel ban imposed on him.
The decision of the Sindh High Court made in the absence of prosecution lawyer triggered speculation that there may have been a tacit understanding behind the scene between the powerful military and the civilian Government to allow the former army chief to go abroad.
70-year-old Musharraf, who returned to Pakistan in March last year ahead of the general elections ending his over four-year self-imposed exile, has faced multiple trials including one under the high-treason act for which he was placed under house arrest and barred from travelling abroad.
A two-judge bench of the Sindh High Court comprising Justices Mohammad Ali Mazhar and Shahnawaz issued a brief ruling ordering federal Government to remove Musharraf’s name from the Exit Control list (ECl).