Former army ruler of Pakistan died at a hospital in Dubai following a chronic sickness.
Pakistani former President Pervez Musharraf has died at a hospital in Dubai after a chronic sickness, army sources confirmed to Al Jazeera on Sunday. He was 79.
Musharraf, a four-star common, dominated Pakistan for practically a decade after seizing energy in a cold coup in 1999.
The previous common was struggling from amyloidosis – a uncommon illness that causes organ injury. He had lengthy been bedridden and wheelchair-bound.
In a short assertion launched by the army’s media wing, senior army personnel expressed their “heartfelt condolences” on the demise of the previous army ruler.
“Could Allah bless the departed soul and provides power to [his] bereaved household.”
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif provided his condolences to Musharraf’s household on social media. “Could the departed soul relaxation in peace,” he tweeted.
President Arif Alvi prayed “for everlasting remainder of the departed soul and braveness to the bereaved household to bear this loss”, his workplace stated in a press release.
Al Jazeera’s Kamal Hyder, reporting from Islamabad, stated the previous common’s members of the family have been assembly to debate whether or not his physique can be introduced again to Pakistan.
In accordance with native information media outlet Geo Information, Musharraf’s physique can be flown again to Pakistan on Monday.
Musharraf, a former particular forces commando, turned president by means of the final of a string of army coups that roiled Pakistan since its founding amid the bloody 1947 partition of India.
He took energy by deposing then-Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif after relations between the 2 leaders deteriorated.
In October 1999, Sharif ordered Musharraf’s dismissal as the military chief flew house from a go to to Sri Lanka and denied his airplane touchdown rights in Pakistan, even because it ran low on gasoline. On the bottom, the military seized management and, after he landed, Musharraf took cost.
He dominated the nuclear-armed state by means of tensions with India, the US-led so-called “battle on terror” and an armed rebellion that left hundreds of individuals lifeless. He stepped down in 2008 whereas dealing with potential impeachment.
‘Combined legacy’
Al Jazeera’s Hyder stated the overall leaves behind a “blended legacy”.
“There are supporters who will let you know that he did nice companies for this nation,” he stated. “He was the person who ushered a revolution within the Pakistani digital media by permitting a number of personal channels to return on air and to have vital debates.”
Nonetheless, the opening up of the media “additionally proved to be his downfall”, Hyder stated. “That was the genie he set free of the bottle however couldn't put again.”
Mosharraf Zaidi, founding father of Islamabad-based coverage assume tank Tadablab, instructed Al Jazeera the previous army ruler’s legacy would be the “horrible penalties” of his time in energy.
“This nation continues to undergo from the terrorism that emanates from the way in which wherein the ‘battle on terror’ was prosecuted on this nation. Musharraf turned a darling for the US,” he stated.
“He was very near George W Bush … however the burden of his selections have been carried by successive civilian leaders and the Pakistani army. Hundreds of Pakistani troopers and policemen have died … the individuals of Pakistan, particularly, have carried the legacy of Musharraf’s decision-making that was utterly unaccountable.”
Musharraf’s political celebration, launched in 2010, didn't win any important seats in two subsequent common elections. He selected to reside in self-imposed exile within the United Arab Emirates after he was charged with treason in 2014.
In 2019, a court docket sentenced him to loss of life in absentia for the 2007 imposition of emergency rule however the verdict was later overturned.
Musharraf is survived by his spouse Sehba and two kids.
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