Karachi: (Staff Reporter) A special plane carrying the body of Pervez Musharraf, former chief of army staff and President who breathed his last on Sunday in Dubai touched down at the Karachi airport.
According to the sources, Musharraf’s wife Sehba Musharraf, son, and daughter accompanied the coffin. His funeral 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.
As per details the former general had been admitted to the American Hospital, Dubai. He was admitted to Dubai hospitals more than once in the past. He had been facing a prolonged battle with the rare disease amyloidosis.
Meanwhile he was hospitalized for three weeks in June last year. “Going through a difficult stage where recovery is not possible and organs are malfunctioning. Pray for ease in his daily living,” his family said at the time in a statement via Musharraf’s official Twitter account.
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