Musharraf will be handed over to Karachi

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Islamabad : The mortal remains of General (retd) Pervez Musharraf, former President of Pakistan and mastermind of the 1999 Kargil war, will be brought to the country in a special aircraft from Dubai and laid to rest in Karachi. This information was given in media reports.

Musharraf died on Sunday in a Dubai hospital after battling a terminal illness for years. He was 79 years old.
According to the news of the newspaper ‘Dawn’, Musharraf’s body will be brought to Pakistan in a special plane. The plane will leave for Dubai on Monday. He will be handed over to Karachi. Meanwhile, according to Khaleej Times, the Consulate General of Pakistan in Dubai has issued a No Objection Certificate (NOC) to send Musharraf’s mortal remains to Pakistan.

Consul General Hasan Afzal Khan was quoted in the news as saying, “We are in touch with the family and the Consulate General will extend all possible help. The Embassy has issued a No Objection Certificate. After the failure in Kargil, Musharraf overthrew the then Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in a coup in 1999. He served as the President of Pakistan from 2001 to 2008. Musharraf was born in Delhi in 1943 and his family moved to Pakistan in 1947. He was the last military dictator to rule Pakistan.

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