Islamabad: Pakistan’s Former President General Pervez Musharraf (Retired) died at the age of 79 after a prolonged illness, at a hospital in Dubai, as per Pakistan’s Geo News. The former four-star general, who was in Dubai since March 2016, was undergoing treatment for amyloidosis, a rare disease that occurs when an abnormal protein, called amyloid, builds up in your organs and interferes with their normal function.
As per local media reports quoting his family members, Musharraf was hospitalised for a couple of weeks due to a complication of his ailment
Musharraf was the tenth president of the South Asian nation after the successful military coup in 1999. He served as the 10th CJCSC from 1998 to 2001 and the 7th top general from 1998 to 2007.
Musharraf was born on August 11, 1943, in Delhi and completed his early education at St Patrick’s High School in Karachi. The former president pursued higher education at Forman Christian College in Lahore.
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