Pakistan’s former army ruler Pervez Musharraf has died in Dubai aged 79 after a protracted sickness, the military mentioned Sunday.
Musharraf seized energy in a 1999 cold coup, ruling as “chief executive” when the 9/11 assaults on the United States happened, earlier than changing into president in 2001.
He was America’s chief regional ally throughout its invasion of neighboring Afghanistan, however resigned in 2008 and was compelled into exile after a backlash over his constitutional overreach.
Senior army chiefs “express heartfelt condolences on sad demise of General Pervez Musharraf”, a quick assertion launched by the army’s media wing mentioned. “May Allah bless the departed soul and give strength to bereaved family.”
The four-star basic died in hospital in Dubai on Sunday morning, in response to media stories and a senior safety official who spoke to AFP.
“I can confirm that the late general breathed his last in Dubai this morning … He is no more,” the official, who requested to not be named, advised AFP.
In greater than seven years in workplace, Musharraf oversaw a stint of financial progress whereas dodging at the least three assassination makes an attempt.
Musharraf seized the presidential workplace in 2001, shoring his energy up in a 2002 referendum questioned by opponents. But he reneged on guarantees to stop as military chief till late 2007.
His easygoing appeal additionally did not masks the blurring of the division between the state and armed forces, and he fell out of favor after making an attempt to sack the chief justice.
After the December 2007 assassination of opposition chief Benazir Bhutto, the nationwide temper soured much more and crushing losses suffered by his allies in 2008 elections left him remoted.
Musharraf’s plan to return to energy in 2013 was dashed when he was disqualified from working in an election gained by Nawaz Sharif — the person he deposed in 1999.
In 2016 a journey ban was lifted and Musharraf flew to Dubai to hunt medical therapy.
Three years later, he was sentenced to demise in absentia for treason, associated to his 2007 determination to impose emergency rule. However, a court docket later nullified the ruling.
Pakistan’s President Arif Alvi prayed “for eternal rest of the departed soul and courage to the bereaved family to bear this loss”, his workplace mentioned in an announcement. —Agence France-Presse
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