Pakistan releases Musharraf after bail in all cases Islamabad,Nov 6, 2013(PFP):Former Pakistani military ruler Pervez Musharraf was released from house arrest Wednesday after he secured bail on all four criminal charges against him. He is a free man now and allowed to move around, meet his family and political aides, said Aasia Ishaque, information secretary for the All-Pakistan Muslim League. The former strongman had been under house arrest at his villa on the outskirts of Islamabad since April when he returned to Pakistan after more than four years of self-imposed exile. Musharraf, who seized power in a 1999 bloodless military coup and ruled Pakistan until 2008, faces four criminal charges, including one of murdering former premier Benazir Bhutto in 2007. Although courts granted him bail on all the charges, he may not leave Pakistan. The Interior Ministry has barred him from travelling abroad until he is acquitted in all the cases.
Posted on: Wed, 06 Nov 2013 17:43:32 +0000
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