A person on bail is bound to appear in the court as and when demanded. Speaking to reporters outside the court, Musharraf's lawyer Faisal Chaudhry said: “We will study the order and if there is an illegality, we will challenge it.” He said the court had stated it does not have the power to remove Musharraf's name from the Interior Ministry's Exit Control List (ECL) as only a High Court can do this.
Persons included in the ECL are barred from travelling abroad. Musharraf was earlier granted bail in four major cases against him, including one over the 2007 assassination of former premier Benazir Bhutto.
Yesterday, Musharraf's legal team had asked the special court to remove his name from the ECL so that he could travel abroad.
The plea contended the former military ruler wants to visit America for cardiac treatment.
Musharraf was admitted to the Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology in Rawalpindi on January 2 after he developed heart problems while being driven to the special court.
A medical report submitted to the court said Musharraf had refused to undergo angiography in Pakistan as he wanted to be treated abroad.
