Love my homeland, will be back: Musharraf leaves Pakistan after ban lifted

March 18, 2016 07:54

Pakistan's ex-military ruler Pervez Musharraf left the country early today for medical treatment in Dubai, a day after the government allowed him to go abroad.

"I am a commando and I love my homeland. I will come back in a few weeks or months," Musharraf was quoted as saying. Musharraf boarded an Emirates flight bound for Dubai that departed from Karachi airport at 04.25 am, a media report said.

Musharraf, 72, has been facing treason trial since 2013 and he was barred from leaving the country in 2014 by the government. The order was declared as illegal by the Sindh high court in the same year.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the decision of the Sindh high court, rejecting the appeal of the government. But it did not stop the federal government from putting new bars on Musharraf's foreign tours.

Interior minister Nisar Ali Khan yesterday told a press briefing that after consultation the government decided to let Musharraf leave the country for treatment.

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