Summary Musharraf was rushed to hospital Thursday after suffering a "heart problem" on his way to court.
RAWALPINDI (Dunya News) – The doctors have declared the health condition of former president Pervez Musharraf satisfactory while the meeting of medical board is likely to be held today (Sunday).
According to details, cholesterol test and ECG of former president was being conducted at Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology (AFIC). the sources disclosed that a seven-member board of doctors cleared all reports while a session of the medical board was likely to be held today.
Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf was rushed to hospital Thursday after suffering a "heart problem" on his way to court, in the latest dramatic twist in his treason trial.
The 70-year-old had been summoned to the special tribunal in Islamabad after failing to show up for two previous sessions due to security threats against him.
Jan Mohammad, a senior police official, told the court that Musharraf had fallen ill with a "heart problem" while being transported to the hearing under heavy guard.
The case was adjourned till Monday.
Talking to media on Friday, counsel of Musharraf, Ahmed Raza Kasuri said Musharraf was still in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology (AFIC).
Slamming PML-N, he said Musharraf wasn’t as sick as Nawaz Sharif was in 1995, adding that the PM got admitted to PIMS hospital in fear of arrest.
Kasuri said medical report of Musharraf would be issued till January 5, adding that the report would be presented in court.
He said Musharraf would be taken abroad if doctors advice for his treatment, asserting that no one can challenge the medical report. However, he added that Musharraf wanted to stay in Pakistan.
The lawyers of the former military ruler say the treason allegations, which relate to his imposition of emergency rule in November 2007, are politically motivated.
Efforts were under way to have Musharraf, currently under a government travel ban, flown out of the country, a source from his camp said.
Rumours have circulated for months that a backroom deal would be struck to whisk him out overseas before trial to avoid a destabilising clash between the government, which brought the charges, and the powerful armed forces.
But the former commando has previously insisted he wants to stay and fight the charges.
He is Pakistan’s first ex-army head to be put on trial. While there has been no public comment on the case from the military, some observers say they are reluctant to have their former chief suffer the indignity of trial in a civilian court.
The government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has repeatedly said it would not let Musharraf leave Pakistan before facing the courts.
"If the doctors advise him to go abroad for treatment, then we will seek permission from the court," Musharraf lawyer Muhammad Ali Saif told reporters.
"The court can grant him permission to leave the country if his doctors advise so."
Sharif was the man Musharraf ousted from power in his 1999 coup, and his lawyers have previously said the case is an attempt to settle old scores through the courts.
Some commentators have also complained it is an unnecessary distraction while the country is struggling with a bloody homegrown Taliban insurgency, crippling gas and electricity shortages and a faltering economy.
