A
Sindh High Court bench accepted the request for extension of bail by
69-year-old Musharraf, who personally appeared before it.
Earlier on 22nd
March, the court had granted a 10-day bail period to the former
president who returned home on Sunday after being in self-imposed exile
since 2009.
The
high court had also granted Musharraf a pre-arrest bail in the Baloch
nationalist leader Akbar Bugti and former prime minister Benazir Bhutto
murder cases.
Meanwhile, angry scenes were witnessed when Musharraf arrived at the court to seek the extention of his bail.
While
a man lobbed a shoe at former Pakistani President, People including
groups of lawyers, shouted slogans against him, as he was escorted into
the court complex by uniformed security personnel.
He was required to appear in person in the court to extend the bail allowance.
Musharraf,
who seized power in 1999 and left Pakistan after stepping down in 2008,
is also wanted in the country for conspiracy to murder and illegally
arresting judges.
The
anti-terrorism court had declared Musharraf a fugitive and issued
arrest warrants for him after he refused to cooperate with investigators
probing Bhutto's killing.
Musharraf, who formed political party All Pakistan Muslim League, intends lead his party in the May 11 polls.
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