Pakistan orders arrest of former President Pervez Musharraf ISLAMABAD, April 18 (UPI) -- Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf, under an arrest order, remained in his farmhouse Friday, awaiting a Supreme Court ruling decision. On Thursday, an Islamabad court ordered his arrest in a case relating to the sacking and detention of Pakistani judges in 2007 when Musharraf was in power. In what followed, as reported by some Pakistani media, Musharraf, who was in the court when the arrest order was issued, immediately left the premises as police there failed to arrest him and his security detail drove him to his farmhouse near Islamabad. CNN, citing local media, reported Musharraf since has been placed under house arrest, and the interim government said it would obey the Islamabad court order for his arrest. Meanwhile, the Islamabad High Court has ordered the capital's police inspector general to explain why the police did not arrest Musharraf as ordered. The retired general, who ruled the country for nine years after a coup in 1999, has faced a number of accusations and charges at home since his return last month after four years of self-imposed exile in London and Dubai to contest in the general elections set for next month. Among the charges and accusations are treason and the detention of judges by Musharraf' regime after emergency rule was declared in the country in 2007. Pakistan's Dawn newspaper quoted an official of Musharraf's new party, the All Pakistan Muslim League, that he would accept whatever decision the Supreme Court takes regarding his arrest. Mohammad Amjad, the APML's general secretary, also denied reports Musharraf had fled from the court, Dawn reported. Amjad said Musharraf was taken to his farmhouse only to protect him from agitated lawyers at the court, the report said. "The Supreme Court is our last hope and we believe that it will provide justice to General Musharraf and, if not, he will surrender himself," Amjad was quoted as saying. After the (Islamabad) court's decision no police came to take General Musharraf into custody and some agitated lawyers tried to attack him. Therefore, he was taken to his farmhouse. Amjad also said bail is allowed under the charges against Musharraf, but he had been punished under an anti-terrorism act that cannot be applied to this case. However, CNN said the court ruled when Musharraf allegedly ordered the house arrest of senior judges in 2007, it was an "act of terrorism" to prevent the judges from doing their job. Dawn quoted a government source that the police wanted to declare his farmhouse a sub-jail so they could technically claim the former president had been arrested on the court's orders. Musharraf also is fighting rulings by the election commission barring him from contesting in the May 11 parliamentary elections. Musharraf says he has not been convicted of any criminal acts and hence cannot be barred from contesting in the elections. His party leaders said the APML would take part in the May 11 elections even if Musharraf was arrested. Musharraf is also accused of not providing adequate security for Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan's former prime minister who was assassinated in December 2007. Bhutto is the wife of Asif Ali Zardari, who led the civilian coalition government which completed its 5-year term in March. He is also accused of ordering his troops in 2006 to kill Nawab Akbar Bugti, a popular tribal leader in the troubled Balochistan province. The treason accusation relates to the 2007 declaration of emergency in the country. Musharraf has denied the allegations against him, calling them baseless.