Ex-military ruler Pervez Musharraf released

ISLAMABAD: Adiala Jail authorities have formally released the country’s former military strongman General (retd) Pervez Musharraf from his sub-jail.

He was imprisoned in his Chak Shehzad farmhouse near Islamabad which was declared sub-jail.

Pervez Musharraf was released from the sub-jail after he submitted two surety bonds of Rs100,000, two days after being granted bail in the murder case of Lal Masjid cleric Abdul Rasheed Ghazi.

Ahmed Raza Kasuri, senior lawyer and counsel for the former military dictator, said that Musharraf’s release was not part of any deal and the ex-president would address a “historic press conference” after his release from the sub-jail.

He claimed that fake cases were fabricated against his client.

Earlier, Pervez Musharraf was granted bail in the murder cases of Akbar Bugti and Benazir Bhutto along with the judges' confinement case.