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Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf hospitalised in UAE: Family

Earlier, his close aide and former information minister Fawad Chaudhry said that General Musharraf is critical and on a ventilator support in a UAE hospital

Ajmal Kasab, Pervez Musharraf, Kulbhushan Jadhav
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Press Trust of India Lahore/Dubai
Pakistan's former military dictator General Pervez Musharraf is hospitalised in the UAE after his condition deteriorated as he is going through a "difficult stage where recovery is not possible", his family said on Friday amidst speculation about his well-being.

Gen. Musharraf, 78, ruled Pakistan from 1999 to 2008.

His family issued a statement on Twitter and said that he is "not on the ventilator".

"(He) Has been hospitalised for the last 3 weeks due to a complication of his ailment (Amyloidosis). Going through a difficult stage where recovery is not possible and organs are malfunctioning. Pray for ease in his

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