KARACHI: Former president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf was laid to rest on Tuesday with full military honours at the military cemetery near Kala Pul area of Karachi.
Former military ruler Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf funeral prayers were offered at Gul Muhar Polo Ground in Malir Cantt which was attended by high-ranking military officials, including Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee General Sahir Shamshad Mirza, former army chiefs General (retd) Qamar Javed Bajwa and General (retd) Ashfaq Parvez Kiani, and former ISI chiefs Gen (retd) Shuja Pasha and Gen (retd) Zaheerul Islam.
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Political leaders from the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, and other parties were also present, including Bilal Musharraf, son of the former president, MQM-P leaders Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, Aminul Haque, Mustafa Kamal, Farogh Naseem, Dr Farooq Sattar, PTI leaders Fawad Chaudhry, and Imran Ismail, as well as former governor Moinuddin Haider. The former military ruler passed away at 79 on Sunday in Dubai.
Musharraf ruled Pakistan for nearly nine years, starting when then-prime minister Nawaz Sharif attempted to remove him as army chief, having appointed him above more senior officers a year earlier.
Earlier, a special aircraft carrying the mortal remains of Musharraf arrived from Dubai on Monday, landing at the Karachi airport’s Terminal One. His family arrived with the former general’s remains.
The former president was suffering from amyloidosis, a rare disease caused by a build-up of an abnormal protein called amyloid in organs and tissues throughout the body, according to his family.
The build-up of amyloid proteins (deposits) can make it difficult for the organs and tissues to work properly.
