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| Pakistan's Musharraf step closer to release after bail | Pakistan's Musharraf step closer to release after bail |
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| A Pakistani court has granted bail to former military ruler Pervez Musharraf over the 2007 army operation to oust militants from Islamabad's Red Mosque. | A Pakistani court has granted bail to former military ruler Pervez Musharraf over the 2007 army operation to oust militants from Islamabad's Red Mosque. |
| The court approved bail on condition Mr Musharraf pay bonds totalling $2,000. | The court approved bail on condition Mr Musharraf pay bonds totalling $2,000. |
| BBC correspondents say he has now been bailed in all the cases against him, which makes it likely he will be released from house arrest. | BBC correspondents say he has now been bailed in all the cases against him, which makes it likely he will be released from house arrest. |
| But the former general remains on a government exit control list and cannot leave the country. | But the former general remains on a government exit control list and cannot leave the country. |
| Speaking outside the court, his lawyer said Mr Musharraf had no intention of leaving Pakistan. | |
| The operation ordered by Gen Musharraf on Islamabad's besieged Red Mosque left a cleric and more than 100 others dead, and fuelled a deadly militant insurgency inside Pakistan which rages to this day. | |
| He returned to Pakistan from self-imposed exile to fight elections earlier this year. | |
| He insists all the charges against him are politically motivated. |