The Sindh High Court on Thursday ordered Pakistan s government to lift a travel ban on former military ruler Pervez Musharraf in 15 days time, his lawyer said, possibly drawing a line under a raft of legal troubles. <br />Musharraf has been battling several court cases since he returned to Pakistan last year to fight elections, including treason charges for imposing emergency rule in 2007. <br />"The court has allowed our appeal and ordered to strike down Musharraf s name from the Exit Control List. The order will be executed after 15 days," lawyer Farogh Naseem told AFP. <br />The delayed execution of the order "will give time to the government to appeal in a superior court if they so desire", he added. <br />Musharraf, 70, flew to Karachi in April to undergo medical tests. <br />He has said he wants the travel ban lifted so he can visit his sick mother in Dubai, but many in Pakistan see it as a ruse to flee the country and avoid the litany of criminal cases against him dating back to his 1999-2008 rule. <br />He also faces several murder cases. <br />The former president has been staying with his daughter in Karachi where he travelled for the tests at a navy-run hospital.
