Karachi: (Staff Reporter) The funeral prayer of former president Gen (Retd) Pervez Musharraf will be held tomorrow. As per the sources, the funeral prayer of Mr. Musharraf will be held at Malir Cantonment’s Polo Ground. The former president will be laid to rest in the army graveyard near Gate 5 of Malir Cantt.
According to the source Musharraf, who left Pakistan in 2016 for medical treatment after a travel ban was lifted, died on Sunday aged 79 in Dubai after a long illness. Senior officials who asked not to be named said his body would be repatriated on Monday, with a burial expected later in the day.
As per details Musharraf seized power in a 1999 bloodless coup and was acting simultaneously as Pakistan’s army chief, chief executive and president when the 9/11 attacks on the United States took place. He had been suffering from a rare disease known as Amyloidosis and last summer his family said he had no chance of recovery.
Furthermore Senior military chiefs “express heartfelt condolences on sad demise of Gen Pervez Musharraf,” a brief statement released by the military’s media wing said on Sunday.
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