He faces a string of court cases dating back to his 1999-2008 rule, including treason charges over his imposition of emergency rule in 2007 and involvement in the killing of Bugti and the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in 2007. He has also been charged in the judges‘ detention case.
The former army chief grabbed power in 1999 in a bloodless coup and ruled till 2008.