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General (retd) Pervez Musharraf Musharraf to fly to US in the next 24 hours By.Asghar Ali Mubarak Islamabad.The former president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf is likely to fly to US for treatment in the next 24 hours, sources close to musharraf confirmedwhile talking to The Daily Mail Islamabad.All preparations have been made in this regard. He is to fly to US via Dubai.Earlier, Supreme Court rejected a government’s plea after lawyers of the former president argued that their client suffers from “back pain” and his treatment is not available in Pakistan.In addition to that, the government had put Musharraf’s name on the Exit Control List, a list of the people who cannot go out of the country without the government permission. Musharraf was recently admitted in a hospital in Karachi where doctors suggested him to get treatment abroad.Mean while the former military ruler’s close aide advocate Ahmed Raza Kasuri said that Musharraf will either leave for Dubai or London in his first trip abroad in years.Advocate Kasuri, who is also part of Pervez Musharraf’s legal team, said in his opinion that the latter will undertake a foreign trip as soon as possible following the Supreme Court’s orders today to maintain an earlier decision of the Sindh High court to remove his name from the Exit Control List (ECL).He said Musharraf will take a normal flight to travel abroad.Ahmed Raza Kasuri said both Dubai and London are the destinations where Pervez Musharraf can get the medical treatment he requires. Pervez Musharraf

General (retd) Pervez Musharraf Musharraf to fly to US in the next 24 hours By.Asghar Ali Mubarak Islamabad.The former president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf is likely to fly to US for treatment in the next 24 hours, sources close to musharraf confirmedwhile talking to The Daily Mail Islamabad.All preparations have been made in this regard. He is to fly to US via Dubai.Earlier, Supreme Court rejected a government’s plea after lawyers of the former president argued that their client suffers from “back pain” and his treatment is not available in Pakistan.In addition to that, the government had put Musharraf’s name on the Exit Control List, a list of the people who cannot go out of the country without the government permission. Musharraf was recently admitted in a hospital in Karachi where doctors suggested him to get treatment abroad.Mean while the former military ruler’s close aide advocate Ahmed Raza Kasuri said that Musharraf will either leave for Dubai or London in his first trip abroad in years.Advocate Kasuri, who is also part of Pervez Musharraf’s legal team, said in his opinion that the latter will undertake a foreign trip as soon as possible following the Supreme Court’s orders today to maintain an earlier decision of the Sindh High court to remove his name from the Exit Control List (ECL).He said Musharraf will take a normal flight to travel abroad.Ahmed Raza Kasuri said both Dubai and London are the destinations where Pervez Musharraf can get the medical treatment he requires. Pervez Musharraf پرویز مشرف‎ was born 11th August 1943 is a Pakistani politician and a retired four-star army general who tenured as the tenth President of Pakistan from 2001 until tendering resignation, to avoid impeachment, in 2008.Prior to seizing control of the government through a military coup d’état in 1999, Musharraf served as the Chairman joint chiefs and Chief of army staff— the appointments he secured in 1998. Although, Musharraf relinquished the position of Chairman joint chiefs in 2001, he eventually retired from military service after retiring from the army in 2007. Commissioned in the Pakistan Army in 1964, he played an active role in the Afghan civil war. Musharraf rose to national prominence when he was elevated to the four-starappointments by then-Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in October 1998. He was the mastermind of a Kargil infiltration that brought India and Pakistan to a full-fledged war in 1999. After months of contentious relations with Prime Minister Sharif, a staged military coup d’état allowed Musharraf to seize control of the government. He subsequently placed Prime Minister Sharif under a strict house-arrest before moving towards a trial against Sharif in Adiala Prison.Advocating for the Third Way for varying synthesis of conservatism and left wing ideas, he appointed Shaukat Aziz in place of Sharif and directed police sagainst terrorism, becoming a key player in the American-led war on terror. As Shaukat Aziz departed as Prime Minister, and after approving thesuspension of the Judicature branch in 2007, Musharraf’s position was dramatically weakened in 2008.[4] Tendering his resignation in a threat to face potential impeachment movement led by the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party in 2008, Musharraf moved to London in self-imposed exile after returning to Pakistan to participate in the general elections held in 2013. While absent from Pakistan, Musharraf engaged in legal battles after the country’s high courtsissued warrants for him and Aziz for their alleged involvement in theassassinations of Benazir Bhutto and Akbar Bugti. Upon his return, Musharraf was disqualified from taking part in the elections by High Court judges in April 2013. On 31 March 2014, Musharraf was booked and charged with high treason for implementing emergency rule and suspending the constitution in 2007. His legacy is mixed: his era saw the emergence of a more assertive middle class, but his disregard for civilian institutions weakened the state of Pakistan, according to BBC analysis in 2008

By Asghar Ali Mubarak

Published 16 March 2016 · 3 min read