Musharraf Leaves Pakistan for Treatment After Travel Ban Lifted
- Heads to Dubai to treat worsening back, leg problems
- "He will return to Pakistan," Musharraf's spokeswoman says
Paramilitary soldiers leave the residence of former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf in Karachi on March 18, 2016. Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf left the country early Friday, a day after the Supreme Court lifted a ban on him travelling abroad, airport sources confirmed to AFP. / AFP / STR (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)
Photographer: STR/AFP/Getty ImagesPakistan’s former military ruler Pervez Musharraf, who faces trial in a series of cases including treason, left the country on Friday for medical treatment hours after the government took his name off a no-fly list.
“He will stay in Dubai for as long as a week, before moving on to either the U.S. or U.K. for treatment," Aasia Ishaque, a spokeswoman for the former president, said by phone. “He will return to Pakistan, much to the disappointment of his detractors.”