Former President of Pakistan, General Pervez Musharraf (Retd) on Sunday passed away after a prolonged illness, reports said.
As per Pakistan’s Geo News, He passed away at a hospital in Dubai.
General Pervez Musharraf was a former Pakistani politician and four-star general of the Pakistan Army who became the tenth president of Pakistan after the successful military takeover of the federal government in 1999. He also served as the 10th Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee from 1998 to 2001 and the 7th Chief of Army Staff from 1998 to 2007.
Local media reports quoting his family members said the former four-star general succumbed to Amyloidosis. He was hospitalized for a couple of weeks due to a complication of his ailment, as per reports.
Musharraf has been living in Dubai since 2016. The former president has been in UAE for the last eight years getting medical treatment.