NEW DEHLI, Ocotber 9 (RAPSI) - Pakistan's Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled to release former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf on bail, the DAWN daily writes. The ruling was made in the trial over the murder of Baloch Tribe nationalist leader Akbar Khan Bugti.

Musharraf, upon payment of two bail bonds a million rupees each ($18,000), will be released from his house arrest, as it has previously been lifted in two separate cases pending against him - murder of deceased prime minister Benazir Bhutto and the arrest of the Supreme Court Judges in 2007.

The court ruled that there is no conclusive evidence that can connect Musharraf to Bugti's murder. Bugti, who headed the rebels fighting for the independence of Belujistan province, was killed during a military operation in 2006, when Musharraf was president.

Musharraf spearheaded the former prime minister Nawaz Sharif's ouster in an effort to bring law, order, and democracy to Pakistan. He made powerful enemies, however, when after the 9/11 terror attacks in the US he joined forces with the US in its "War on Terror." This provoked enormous tensions with Islamic militants within Pakistan. In July 2007, he ordered security forces to storm the Red Mosque in Islamabad, based on its allegedly increasing efforts to enforce strict Sharia Law in the capital city. The operation resulted in upwards of 100 casualties.

Musharraf was reelected in 2008, but was forced to resign shortly thereafter amidst allegations of impropriety over the state of emergency scandal and other charges. He soon fled the country to London. However, he returned in late March for the first time since his resignation despite death threats from the Taliban, giving rise to the present proceedings.