The Pakistani army has offered to facilitate the return of a former strong player General Pervez Musharraf, who is in a critical condition and in a hospital in the United Arab Emirates, according to media reports on Tuesday.”The military contacted the family of the Musharraf General and offered his help in his treatment and took him home,” said a report on Dunya TV.He might be brought back to the country in an air ambulance, the report said.
“All arrangements to bring the Musharraf general back to Pakistan made after the approval of the family and doctor’s advice. This includes air ambulances … Institutions (from the Army) stand by their former leaders, “TV anchor Kamran Shahid said in a tweet.Musharraf, 78, who ruled Pakistan from 1999 to 2008, was charged with a high betrayal and was sentenced to death in 2019 for suspending the constitution. The sentence is then suspended.His family has confirmed that the former general is in the hospital and is not expected to recover.
“General Musharraf has been hospitalized for the past three weeks due to complications of the disease (amyloidosis). (He) goes through a difficult stage where recovery is not possible and organs are not functioning. Pray for the ease of daily life, “said his family in a statement on Friday.
Amilloidosis is a rare disease that occurs when abnormal proteins accumulate in organs and interfere with normal function. He was diagnosed with amyloidosis of life threatening diseases in 2018 at the UAE.
The Musharraf left for Dubai in March 2016 for medical treatment and hasn’t returned since then.
On Saturday, the Minister of Defense Khawaja Asif said, “Given the health of the general Musharraf General, there should be no obstacles for him to return home. Past events must not interfere in this matter “.Pakistani and Iran’s foreign ministers discussed the controversial comments of a former party worker in power in the Prophet Mohammad and Jammu and Kashmir during bilateral talks in Tehran on Tuesday.
Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari gave direction to his colleagues in Iran, Dr. Hossein Amir-Abdollahian “about the serious situation of human rights” in Jammu and Kashmir, a spokesman for foreign offices on Twitter”We are grateful for the strong support of Iran’s leadership for the fair purpose of Jammu and Kashmir,” said the Tweet.
Bilawal also asked “the international community to show general determination to Xenophobia, intolerance and incitement of violence based on religion or belief”, referring to statements made by BJP Nupur Sharma workers against the Prophet, he added.