Musharraf preparing to leave country: Lawyer

Musharraf can fly to Dubai tomorrow, says Ahmed Raza Kasuri.

RAWALPINDI/ ISLAMABAD: Former Pakistani military dictator Pervez Musharraf can leave the country and fly to Dubai following a decision by a court to grant him bail ending his house arrest, his lawyer said on Wednesday.

"The jail staff present at his house will pack up and leave as soon as they get the orders from the lower court," Ahmed Raza Kasuri, who heads the Musharraf defence team, told Reuters.

"Musharraf can fly to Dubai tomorrow once these legal formalities are completed."

Earlier in the day, Musharraf was granted bail by the Supreme Court in the murder case of Baloch chieftain, Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti.

His bail was set at two surety bonds worth one million rupees each.

On September 27, the SC had refused to grant bail to Musharraf in this case.

Akbar Bugti was killed in 2006 in a military operation in Balochistan and a case was registered later in 2009 against Musharraf.

The Balochistan High Court (BHC) had turned down the former army chief’s bail plea in the Bugti murder case after which the case was brought to the Supreme Court.

Nawab Akbar Bugti was a veteran Baloch nationalist leader and former chief minister of Balochistan. Musharraf was president and army chief in 2006 when Bugti was killed during an army operation.