Head of Pakistani Army Qamar Javed Bajwa Baru -Newly visited the former president and head of the sick Army (Retd) Pervez Musharraf in Dubai, the media reported on Saturday.
General Bajwa, accompanied by a prominent doctor of the Pakistani Army, spent some time with General Musharraf and his family in their apartment in Dubai while the Army doctors examined former military authorities who were 78 years old, the Express Tribune newspaper quoted a source, who was also present during meetings, like saying. The former military ruler was in 2018 in the UAE which was diagnosed with a life -threatening health condition called amyloidosis.
Amyloidosis is a group of rare and serious conditions caused by a buildup of abnormal proteins called amyloids in organs and tissues throughout the body, according to British national health services. If not treated, this protein deposit can cause organ failure.
According to sources close to the family of former military ruler, “General Musharraf and his family welcomed the Army Chief of Staff (Coas) very pleasant”. However, there is no official word about Coas’s visit to Dubai from military media wings.
The Musharraf family, who has lived in their own exile in Dubai since 2016, has not decided to fly it back to Pakistan.
Earlier this week, the family put aside the possibility of quoting the lack of appropriate care in Pakistan.
“Uninterrupted supply and the administration of Darat Darat Experimental Drugs that are needed together with the relevant amyloidosis treatment at this time are not available in Pakistan,” the family wrote on the Twitter Musharraf grip on June 21.
“It’s not easy to receive calls from the Musharraf from Dubai where he underwent treatment.” The family also revealed that they had been convinced that the Pakistani government and military establishment would facilitate the return of a smooth septuagenarian general.
“Communication has been received from official and unofficial channels that [Musharraf] go home will be facilitated. We sincerely respect these offers because Pakistan is at home, “they said.
On June 14, The Express Tribune reported that the exiled general, who seized power in a 1999 coup and was president from 2001 to 2008, had expressed a desire to spend the rest of his life in Pakistan. His close associates subsequently approached the “powerful quarters” and government officials to make a formal request.
The development came on the heels of a Twitter statement from the family in which they stressed that Musharraf’s “recovery is not possible”.
The developments triggered a media guessing game on the military’s possible reaction, which came through quickly.
The chief military spokesperson said the “military brass believes Musharraf should be brought back to Pakistan”.
“Musharraf’s family has been contacted for this purpose,” the army spokesman said. “If the family gives its consent, then arrangements would be made to bring him back.” Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf had toppled the government of then prime minister Nawaz Sharif in 1998 in a bloodless coup and then sent the Sharif family into exile as a result of a deal brokered by a friendly country.
However, Sharif in a tweet said that he was not opposed to Musharraf’s coming back to Pakistan.
“I’ve no personal feud with Pervez Musharraf. I don’t want anyone to go through the same emotional shock and trauma with regard to their loved-ones as I had to endure,” he said in a cryptic reference to his tormentor.
Sharif, who was sentenced to seven years in jail in a corruption case in December 2018, has been living in London since November 2019 for the treatment of some undiagnosed illness.
