Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf died at the age of 79 after a long illness in a hospital in the Emirates.
Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf died at the age of 79 after a long illness in a hospital in the Emirates, according to what his family confirmed on Sunday.
A spokeswoman for the Pakistani embassy in the UAE said that former President Pervez Musharraf died today, Sunday, in Dubai, confirming what was reported by local media before his family announced the news.
"I can confirm his death this morning," said Shazia Siraj, a spokeswoman for the Pakistani consulate in Dubai and the embassy in Abu Dhabi.
Musharraf, the former military general who ruled Pakistan from 1999 to 2008, was undergoing treatment at the American Hospital in Dubai, according to local media, citing his family and diplomatic sources.
The former Pakistani president was suffering from amyloidosis, a rare disease that causes organ damage.
Earlier this month, his family announced, in a statement posted on his Twitter account, that Musharraf had been taken to hospital due to complications from his illness.
The family indicated that Musharraf is living in a "difficult stage in which recovery is not possible and the body's organs are not functioning well."