Musharraf a free man after Pakistan lifts house arrest
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Pakistan has freed former president Pervez Musharraf from his months-long house arrest, days after he received bail in a case related to the death of a radical cleric, a prison official said yesterday.
Prison officials were withdrawn on Wednesday night from Musharraf’s home on the outskirts of Islamabad, where he has been held under arrest since April, prison official Wajad Ali said. He is now free to move around Pakistan.
However, the former president and army chief is still barred from leaving the country pending multiple court cases against him, his lawyer has said.
A court granted Musharraf bail on Monday in a case involving his alleged role in the death of a radical cleric killed during a raid on a hard-line mosque in Islamabad in 2007. That paved the way for his release after the necessary paperwork was completed.
Musharraf, who has been plagued by legal troubles since he returned to Pakistan in March after years of self-imposed exile, already has been granted bail in three other cases against him.
Musharraf, a 70-year-old former commando, seized power in a 1999 coup when he was serving as army chief and ruled the country for nearly a decade. He was forced to step down in 2008 and he left the country shortly thereafter.
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