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| Posted: 09 Jan 2014 01:25 AM PST Pervez Musharrafis expected to leave the country for medical treatment in exile, avoiding treason charges and returning to a life away from his home country by the end of January, a family member and a Pakistani intelligence official told CBS News on Tuesday. Last Thursday, Musharraf was rushed to the Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology (AFIC) in the city of Rawalpindi, next to Islamabad, after complaining of chest pains while being driven to the court where his high treason trial was due to begin. The special court tryingMusharraf said Tuesday it was examining a medical report to decide whetherMusharrafcan be excused from appearing in court while he remains hospitalized. The treason charges, which carry the death penalty or life imprisonment under Pakistans laws, relate to events in 2007 whenMusharraf,while serving as Pakistans president and military commander, imposed a nationwide state of emergency and oversaw the arrests of several judges and civil society activists. Akram Sheikh, the prosecutor in the case, has told the court he doubts Musharrafis ill and accused the former president of trying to avoid making an appearance. Twice beforeMusharrafrefused to appear in court after his security staff found explosives hidden near a road down which he was due to travel to the proceedings. During his nine-year rule, which began when he seized power in a 1999 military coup and dismissed the elected government of then-Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif,Musharraf faced at least three known assassination attempts — widely believed to have been organized by the Taliban. |
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