RAWALPINDI: In light of former president Pervez Musharraf’s ailing health, Director-General Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major General Babar Iftikhar said the military leadership believes that the former army chief should return to Pakistan.
“In such a situation the institution and leadership’s stance is that Pervez Musharraf should return,” said DG ISPR.
The military’s spokesperson, during an interview with a private television channel, said the final call for the return of the ex-president — who resides in the United Arab Emirates — to Pakistan would be made by his family.
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“We have contacted his family. Once his family responds, we can make the required arrangements,” the military’s spokesperson said as he prayed for Musharraf’s speedy recovery.
Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif also said last week he believed that no hurdles should be placed if the former dictator wanted to come back to Pakistan.
Musharraf, 78, is critically ill these days as he is suffering from a condition called amyloidosis, his office said Friday.
Meanwhile, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Nawaz Sharif has said that he has no personal enmity with former president Pervez Musharraf.
In a statement released on Twitter, Nawaz Sharif said that he does not want anyone else to suffer the traumas that he has to endure for his loved ones. Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has said that he prays to Allah Almighty for Musharraf’s health. The PML-N leader said that if Pervez Musharraf wanted to return, the government should provide facilities.
