ISLAMABAD, March 18 :(Xinhua) Pakistan's former President, Pervez Musharraf, arrived in the United Arab Emirate on Friday to get medical treatment after the country's top court lifted a travel ban on him.
A group of Pakistani media persons, who traveled in Musharraf's plane, said the leader left the Dubai airport for his residence. His plane landed at Dubai airport around 5 a.m. local time there.
Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan announced on Thursday that the gov't had removed Musharraf's name on the Exit Control List, the list of the people who cannot go out of the country without the federal gov't permission, on the court's order.
Earlier the Supreme Court of Pakistan ordered the removal of the travel restrictions on Musharraf, enabling him to go abroad for medical treatment. Musharraf's lawyers told the court that he suffers from spinal problems and need urgent treatment.
The former president boarded a private airlines plane at the Karachi airport under tight security at around 4 a.m. local time. He left for Dubai where doctors will carry out his medical tests later on Friday, leaders of his All Pakistan Muslim League said.
The federal government had barred Musharraf, who quit as president in 2008, from leaving the country as he faces several cases including high treason. He had challenged the ban in the apex court on the plea that he needs treatment abroad.
The major opposition Pakistan Peoples Party criticized the gov't decision to allow Musharraf to leave the country as he faces several cases including the murder of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. The PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto said his party will protest in the parliament.
A group of Pakistani media persons, who traveled in Musharraf's plane, said the leader left the Dubai airport for his residence. His plane landed at Dubai airport around 5 a.m. local time there.
Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan announced on Thursday that the gov't had removed Musharraf's name on the Exit Control List, the list of the people who cannot go out of the country without the federal gov't permission, on the court's order.
Earlier the Supreme Court of Pakistan ordered the removal of the travel restrictions on Musharraf, enabling him to go abroad for medical treatment. Musharraf's lawyers told the court that he suffers from spinal problems and need urgent treatment.
The former president boarded a private airlines plane at the Karachi airport under tight security at around 4 a.m. local time. He left for Dubai where doctors will carry out his medical tests later on Friday, leaders of his All Pakistan Muslim League said.
The federal government had barred Musharraf, who quit as president in 2008, from leaving the country as he faces several cases including high treason. He had challenged the ban in the apex court on the plea that he needs treatment abroad.
The major opposition Pakistan Peoples Party criticized the gov't decision to allow Musharraf to leave the country as he faces several cases including the murder of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. The PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto said his party will protest in the parliament.