Officers: Airplane carrying Musharraf’s body lands in Pakistan
KARACHI, Pakistan — A special airplane transporting the physique of Pakistan’s former president Pervez Musharraf from the United Arab Emirates arrived in Karachi on Monday amid tight security, immigration officials said.
Spouse and children associates had been also on board when the aircraft landed at the airport in the city in which he will be buried Tuesday. Musharraf, who died at age 79, seized energy in a bloodless coup in 1999 by ousting the elected govt of previous key minister Nawaz Sharif.
Musharraf died in Dubai on Sunday soon after a prolonged illness.
For the duration of his tenure as president, Musharraf made Pakistan a crucial ally of Washington in the war on terror just after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks in the United States. That angered militants who at minimum two times tried to assassinate him in the city of Rawalpindi in 2003, but he escaped unhurt.
Musharraf was compelled to resign in 2008 by the bash of previous president Asif Ali Zardari when his allies missing parliamentary elections. Pakistan afterwards authorized him to go away the state on bail to travel to Dubai in 2016 for health-related cure. He remained there soon after being sentenced to death for treason.
Pakistan past calendar year mentioned Musharraf would not be arrested if his loved ones needed to carry him back residence. But Musharraf’s medical doctors and his relatives stated his therapy was not offered in Pakistan.