ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s former military dictator Pervez Musharraf, who isfacing a high-profile treason case for suspending the Constitution, isunlikely to return to the country due to his family pressure and medicalboard’s recommendations, a media report said Sunday.
The development came a day after his lawyer Salman Safdar told reportersthat the 75-year-old former president, despite his deteriorating medicalcondition, is determined to appear before the court that had summoned himfor the hearing scheduled for May 2.
However, Dawn news reported that General (retd) Musharraf might not returnto Pakistan because of his medical board’s recommendation and familypressure.
“Gen Musharraf has been facing pressure from his family that he should nottravel at the cost of his health.
However, as everyone knows that Gen Musharraf is a man of his words sostill there are 50 per cent chances of his return,” a member of the AllPakistan Muslim League Ali Nawab Chitrali said.
“He is eager to come to Pakistan and wants to appear before the court. Hehas been suffering from severe backbone pain and the medical board hasadvised him not to travel,” he was quoted as saying in the report.
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A special court indicted Musharraf for high treason in March 2014.
Musharraf left for Dubai in 2016 to “seek medical treatment” and has notreturned since.
Last month, he was admitted to a hospital in Dubai after suffering areaction from a rare disease for which he is already under treatment.
