Former ruler Pervez Musharraf leaves Pakistan
Online Desk
19 Mar 2016 23:57 PM
Pervez Musharraf
Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf has arrived in Dubai for medical treatment, days after the Supreme Court lifted a travel ban, reports the BBC.
His lawyers say he needs urgent spinal treatment unavailable in Pakistan.
Mr Musharraf returned from self-imposed exile in 2013 to fight elections, but soon found himself fighting an array of charges relating to his time in power.
Before he left the former president told reporters that he would return to face all pending cases against him.
"I am a commando and I love my homeland. I will come back in a few weeks or months," he said according to local media.
BBC correspondents say observers are sceptical about his promised return.
The charges relate to the former general's imposition of a 2007 state of emergency and the assassination of former PM Benazir Bhutto the same year.
Mr Musharraf, 70, denies all the charges and has called them politically motivated.
