Pakistan's ex-military ruler Pervez Musharraf dies in Dubai

Updated: Feb 5 2023 8:31PM

Pakistan's ex-military ruler Pervez Musharraf dies in Dubai

Islamabad/Dubai, Feb 5 (PTI) Pakistan's wily former military ruler General Pervez Musharraf, the architect of the Kargil War in 1999, died on Sunday in Dubai after battling an incurable disease.

Musharraf, 79, who lived in self-imposed exile in the UAE to avoid criminal charges against him in Pakistan, died after a prolonged illness at the American Hospital in Dubai.

He 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.

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