DHAKA: Pakistan’s home ministry on Saturday said they were not immediately lifting a travel ban on former military ruler Pervez Musharraf, who suffered a heart problem on the way to his treason trial earlier this week.

The 70-year-old former ruler was taken ill and rushed to a military hospital on Thursday as he was being transported under heavy guard to hear treason charges against him at a special tribunal in Islamabad.

The former army chief was on Saturday spending his third day at the Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology in Rawalpindi, the garrison city bordering Islamabad.

His lawyer Ahmed Raza Kasuri said doctors were monitoring his condition in the intensive care unit, reports The Straits Times.

The sudden health scare was met with scepticism from some observers and feverish media speculation that his departure from Pakistan on medical grounds could be imminent.

BDST: 1813 HRS, JAN 04, 2014
Edited by Robab Rosan, Current Affairs Editor