Pakistan’s former navy ruler General Pervez Musharraf changed into on Tuesday laid to relaxation with complete navy honours in an navy graveyard right here withinside the presence of his family and numerous retired and serving navy officials. The 79-year-vintage former president’s funeral prayers had been held on the Gulmohar Polo Ground in Malir Cantonment withinside the afternoon in a low key rite which changed into neither attended with the aid of using President Arif Alvi, nor Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. However, Joint Chiefs of Staff General Sahir Shamshad Mirza and previous navy chiefs – Qamar Javed Bajwa, Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and Aslam Beg – attended the funeral.
Former ISI chiefs – General (retd) Shuja Pasha and General (retd) Zaheerul Islam – and numerous serving and retired navy officials additionally attended the funeral prayers. Politicians inclusive of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (Pakistan) leaders Khalid Maqbool Siddiqi, Dr Farooq Sattar, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz chief Amir Muqam, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf chief and previous Sindh governor Imran Ismail, former federal facts minister Javed Jabbar, had been additionally in attendance.
No pinnacle leaders from the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party withinside the Sindh province or the Jamaat-e-Islaami had been gift on the very last rites. Musharraf’s coffin changed into draped in Pakistan’s inexperienced and white flag, aleven though the rite changed into now no longer a kingdom funeral. The casket of Musharraf changed into then taken to the navy graveyard reserved for pinnacle officers on Shahrah-e-Faisal and buried there with complete navy honours and protocol.
Tahir Hussain, who has been Musharraf’s spokesman in Karachi for the reason that ex-ruler shaped his party – the APML – in October 2010, stated a big wide variety of navy officers, senior bureaucrats and businessmen attended the funeral prayers beneathneath navy protection.
Musharraf, the architect of the Kargil War in 1999 and Pakistan’s final navy ruler, died on Sunday in Dubai after a extended illness. The former president changed into present process remedy for amyloidosis in Dubai. He changed into dwelling withinside the UAE on account that 2016 in self-exile to keep away from crook fees lower back home. Musharraf’s mortal stays arrived right here on Monday on a unique flight from Dubai.
His spouse Saba, son Bilal, daughter and different near family arrived with the frame at the unique plane of Malta aviation organized with the aid of using the UAE authorities. The plane touched down on the vintage terminal place of the Jinnah International Airport amid heavy protection with the previous president’s own circle of relatives and the frame changed into taken to the Malir Cantonment place, officers stated.
His mom changed into buried in Dubai whilst father changed into laid to relaxation in Karachi. Musharraf loved sizeable assist and reputation amongst many however additionally hated and vilified with the aid of using the bar councils, civil rights agencies and political events for his anti-democratic actions.
On Monday, sharp variations amongst political leaders got here to the fore in Senate over the imparting of prayers for the previous navy ruler. Pakistani Parliament follows a way of life of imparting Fateha (prayers) for the departed soul whilst a main flesh presser or character of the united states dies. The participants of the Senate, the higher House of Parliament, hurled allegations in opposition to each other for helping dictatorial regimes and violators of the Constitution whilst the difficulty of prayers for Musharraf got here up.
The pass of supplication changed into led with the aid of using the chief of the competition withinside the senate Senator Shehzad Wasim of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf birthday birthday celebration and supported with the aid of using different participants of his birthday birthday celebration. When Senator Mushtaq Ahmad of rightwing Jamaat-i-Islami, who changed into approximately to guide a joint invocation for the ones killed withinside the earthquake in Turkey, changed into requested to additionally pray for Musharraf’s soul, he refused with the aid of using announcing that he might best lead the invocation for the quake victims.
The refusal caused vociferous exchanges amongst lawmakers with a few participants reminding Senator Mushtaq that his birthday birthday celebration had additionally as soon as supported Musharraf.
Later, the PTI lawmakers led with the aid of using Senator Wasim, who changed into given a wreck in politics with the aid of using Musharraf, presented a commonplace prayer whilst the treasury senators refused to sign up for them.
The cut up withinside the higher House over imparting a prayer for a lifeless man or woman changed into uncommon and an apt mirrored image of Musharraf’s chequered legacy. Musharraf, who seized electricity after a cold navy coup in October 1999 and ousted the elected authorities of former top minister Nawaz Sharif, dominated Pakistan until 2008 as leader govt and President. He changed into born in New Delhi in 1943 and migrated to Pakistan after Partition in 1947