Pervez Musharraf, US 'war on terror' ally, dies at 79 | News24

Musharraf had been suffering from Amyloidosis.Pakistan's exiled former military ruler Pervez Musharraf, who became a key US ally during the"war on terror", died in a Dubai hospital on Sunday aged 79 after a long illness.

Nonetheless he became Washington's chief regional ally during their invasion of neighbouring Afghanistan.The decision - made after the US issued a"for us or against us" ultimatum - put him in the crosshairs of Islamist militants, who made several attempts on his life."Pakistan's decision under Musharraf to join the war against terror turned out to be a boon," analyst Hasan Askari told AFP.

A Pakistan air force source told AFP that Musharraf's body would be flown back to Pakistan on Monday. But his easy-going persona failed to mask the blurring of the division between the state and army, and Musharraf fell out of favour after trying to sack the chief justice and failing to control an unravelling economy.

Rest in peace General 🙏

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