Pakistan's Govt was on Thursday June 12,2014, ordered to lift a travel ban on former military ruler Pervez Musharraf
Presiding judge Muhammad Ali Mazhar of the Sindh High Court in Karachi said the ban placing the name of retired General Pervez Musharraf on the Exit Control List is struck down.
The operation of the judgement is suspended for 15 days so that the respondent (the government) may file an appeal before the Supreme Court.
Musharraf has said he wants the travel ban lifted so he can visit his sick mother in Dubai, but many in Pakistan see it as a ruse to flee the country and avoid the litany of criminal cases dating back to his 1999-2008 rule.
Pervez Musharraf has been staying with his daughter in Karachi since April. He travelled there for tests at a navy-run hospital.
He has been undergoing medical treatment since January, when he was rushed to hospital after suffering heart problems on his way to court for a hearing.
After his indictment for treason in March, Musharraf asked to be allowed to visit his mother, who is in her 90s, but was denied permission.
Pervez Musharraf has been battling several court cases since he returned to Pakistan last year to contest elections.
He is also on bail in three other cases linked to his time in power, which includes the 2007 assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, and the murder of Baluch nationalist leader Nawab Akbar Bugti in 2006.
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