Former military dictator Pervez Musharraf, who returned to Pakistan this week to participate in the May 11 polls, was on Friday barred from leaving the country by a court where an angry lawyer hurled a shoe at him.
A single member bench of the Sindh High Court Chief Justice Justice Musheer Alam, however, accepted 69-year-old Musharraf's request for extension of bail for 15 days in a series of cases, which was granted before he arrived back in the country.
The pre-arrest bail serves to prevent his arrest for past charges.
While coming out of the court complex, a lawyer threw a shoe at Musharraf. Angry scenes were witnessed and people, including groups of lawyers, shouted slogans against him.
Footage on TV showed the shoe flying through the air and landing among a group of people in front of Musharraf.