Musharraf becomes the butt of twitterati's jokes after he flees court

Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf became a twitter trend today after he fled from the premises of the Islamabad high court after his bail application in the judges detention case was cancelled.

Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf on Thursday became a twitter trend after he fled from the premises of the Islamabad high court after his bail application in the judges detention case was cancelled.

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Local TV broadcast footage of the dramatic scene in which Musharraf jumped into a black SUV and escaped as a member of his security team hung to the side of the vehicle.

This week has gone from bad to worse for Musharraf, who seized power in a military coup in 1999 and spent nearly a decade in power before being forced to step down in 2008. He returned last month after four years in self-imposed exile to make a political comeback. Read: Pakistan court orders arrest, Musharraf flees

Twitterati swung into action after Musharraf's 'escape' and jokes have flooded the networking site. Here are some tweets that caught out attention.